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HersheyKiss
Member

since 2008-06-02

Posts 137
New Jersey

0 posted 2008-06-11 04:59 PM

MASK WE CALL A SMILE:

Did you wake up this morning
And wish this was all just a phase?
Like tomorrow will be better
Ever have those days?

Where you just can’t seem to bring yourself
To stand on your own two feet
To get up and face the world
When your life feels so incomplete?

When I search for some hope
I look up into the skies
But the world is a sweeping sadness
Through my depressed eyes

I study people passing by
They seem to look right through me
No, they take a glance
And ignore the unhappy

Maybe my eyeliner hides my bloodshot eyes?
Maybe my powder hides my tears’ trails?
I take such pride in hiding
And paying attention to little details

Are we all contained
In a mask we call a smile?
We’re so used to concealing
That we’ve become so versatile

But still I try to assure myself
That there’s still hope yet
And God knows that in the future
I’ll need all the help I can get

But when I’m feeling down
I’ll sweep my fingertip across my necklace
And feel it’s engraving run through my mind
When a true smile floods my face

I wear my necklace everyday
And use it to guide me whenever I’m pushed and shoved
Because I always need a little reminder
It reads “I am loved”

Earl Robertson
Senior Member

since 2008-01-21

Posts 753
BC, Canada

1 posted 2008-06-11 05:27 PM

I understand more than you know. You'll find many here do. It's not fun at all.

This is possibly my favorite poem of your's! Headed to the Library.

Sanity is NOT a matter of statistics.
The earth is round, germs cause desease, and God speaks.

I am insane of course BUT STILL!!

XxForever.BrokenxX
Senior Member

since 2008-01-20

Posts 891
Neverland

2 posted 2008-06-11 05:59 PM

They just keep getting better and better. Great write hun, and keep smiling 'cause where ever you go and whatever happense you are loved.

{~~*~~}

"You are not loyal enough to eat my orange jelly beans!...'cuase dat's just how I roll.."
{~Emily~}

The Shadow in Blue
Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 493
EL, Michigan

3 posted 2008-06-11 07:14 PM

Sometimes we need those little reminders when it seems like the world is crashing down on us.

You expressed the sorrow and subsequential...contentment/reassurance well. I understand.

Smile On
~Jill

HersheyKiss
Member

since 2008-06-02

Posts 137
New Jersey

4 posted 2008-06-11 08:14 PM

Thanks guys.

eternally_singing
Member

since 2007-12-18

Posts 123
PA, United States

5 posted 2008-06-11 08:39 PM

wonderful! you have an amazing gift with writing

I loved this. ~library

Anyone odd is normal, and anyone normal is odd...

Falling rain

Member Elite

since 2008-01-31

Posts 2178
Small town, Illinois

6 posted 2008-06-12 01:00 AM

OMG! This is soooo good!!!!! It's my favorite of yours so far! i understand what your going through.. Keep strong and keep hoping!

God Bless,

~Zach~

"It might be easy to fall for someone but it's also easy to break a heart." - Zach Booker.

HersheyKiss
Member

since 2008-06-02

Posts 137
New Jersey

7 posted 2008-06-12 09:03 AM

Thanks everyone

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