She smiles
Like she doesn’t feel
The weight of
Expectations
On her shoulders
She smiles
As if she didn’t
Spend last night
Crying in her room
Slowly breaking
And then picking
Up her pieces
All alone
She smiles
Like she isn’t
Seconds away
From crumbling
And falling to the floor
In the girls bathroom
At school
She smiles
As if her brain
Isn’t full of worries
Slowly eating away
Working their way
Into her heart
She smiles
Big and bright
And everyone believes
Her smile
Everyone believes
She is
Happy
Carefree
Perfect
She smiles
But sometimes
Sometimes she wishes
She didn’t
Sometimes she wishes
Someone saw through
Her little act
And tell her
She doesn’t have to be strong
She can stop smiling
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