She smiles today
As she goes from class to class
No one would know; no one would think to ask
Because she chooses to smile that way.

Deep inside she hides
The pain from long ago.
A childhood stained, an adulthood maimed
By the secret she dare not show.

She smiles today,
Because if she doesn't smile
She'd spend all of her time with the tears
That are there underneath all the while.