Why Smile
When you're dying
Make your life seem worthwhile
You know you're just lying
Your smile may seem sincere
even when the sky's filled with rain
but you watch your dreams disappear
And you're overwhelmed with pain
Why Smile
When your life means nothing
Your mind, filled with thoughts so vile
Makes your existence so crushing
So try to fake everything's okay
Your friends know nothing of your despair
As you lie, hoping the feeling goes away
as you whisper your goodbye's into the air
Well, I didn't get anything out of your poem that the last commenter did.... (stepping over those spilled guts on the floor)...
What I did see is just... angst and futility. Why smile? Well, keep NOT smiling for a few more years, and see what the Establishment does to you, young man. You're an American, and Americans are happy or ELSE!
Seriously tho... someone will drug you. They always do. Smiling is not a portrayal of happiness anymore, you see, it's a Social Etiquette that is required by those around you to feel comfortable with you. If you don't smile, they don't enjoy your company. It's something you give to others to make them feel better. It has little to do with you or your feelings.
Once that is accepted, the rest is much easier to understand and play-along with. Not that I'm saying conform, mind you... just my thoughts on Smiling. Take what you will use, leave the rest.
i don't want to give you space.
it hurts me too much. i love you.
and i know i hurt you. and im sorry. aussi.
not talking to you is like being torn apart.
i keep saying stop! but nobody hears me.
and feeling like i let you down is worse.
im sorry,
im so sorry.
im sorry.
idk how many times i have to say that.
god. i know you loved me. and i know i love you.
but i do love case. and im willing to risk everything for him. and im sorry. i can't break away yet. aussi...
please say you understand? please? im sorry.
im so sorry.
i love you til i die and i mean it. and i will always have your back.
Submission Name: Why Smile?
