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Martini Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 308Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
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Smile, they say, It could be worse... Could it? Somedays the hurt, the pain, the feeling it just won't go away. Smile, they say, It takes less energy... Does it? It seems to hard to begin to try to reverse the frown. Smile, they say, It'll make you feel better... Will it? How can something that simple, that easy end the hurt? Smile, they say, You're too pretty to frown... Am I? I feel as though I could never be beautiful I have nothing left to give. Smile, they say, Please smile... Why? Why does my unhappiness hurt them why do I have to pretend? Smile.... "In three words I can sum up everything I learned about life: It Goes On" ~Robert Frost |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Probably because they love you  great poem!! |
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Martini Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 308Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
thank you for the reply I know they love me... and jsut want to see me happy "In three words I can sum up everything I learned about life: It Goes On" ~Robert Frost |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
I'd never want my loved ones to pretend with me. I want to make them genuinely happy! We shouldn't make people think they have to fake happiness; we should do more to make it real! Well, enough philosophy! Great write! sp  Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
beautiful writings from the heart! you write with a lot of pain but that is not necessarily bad. writing is good for the soul. and here's to smiling again someday take care. amy "The head learns knew things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences" |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I used to hate it when someone told me to smile to please them.....then I just started always smiling and they asked why are you ALWAYS so happy with all that is going on in the world. Soooo telllllll me....DO THEY EVER make up there mind if I am to be happy or sad??????? Great read |
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Martini Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 308Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Mark I don't anyone is ever truly content in the world, you are always longing for more, wishing something else were to be.... thank you for reading, as always I enjoy your comments and look forward to them. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
"Smile, though your heart is breaking. . . " Of course, you know that song went through my head almost immediately. . . You must smile. . . a frown is not allowed! Excellent poem, and it's good to see that you have friends that care about you. . . -------------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
Touching peice, truly.  Clown Faces All about me are people with faces of clowns, fake. Always smiling when they're really crying. Keeping thier faces false, to act as shields. Using their faces as walls, to keep from being touched. Dropping thier facades occassionally, getting hurt, then building them up again, stronger than before... Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. B. Russell |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Sometimes we love someone so much that we can't stand to see them unhappy, so we try to force them into cheering up. But, sometimes it's better to let someone feel their pain for a time.....that's part of the growing experience. Beautiful job here, my friend! Follow your dream! |
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