to fight the tears.
To hide the hate
That's built over the years.
I smile,
To hide the frown.
To fight the disappointment
Every time I'm let down.
I smile,
To create a falsity.
To hide all the truth
That churns inside of me.
I smile,
With these pearly whites,
To show that I can be okay
When I'm not quite...
And when the smile,
Disappears...
I cannot hide
The pain that adheres.
The aching inside,
All the mistrust,
The smile cannot disillusion
All the disgust.
Disgust in myself
For being who I am...
The woman behind the smile,
and the whore behind the man.
A whore for his love
And his attention,
The woman inside me,
The woman in question.
I am who I am,
And a smile cannot imply:
The reason that it appears
Is to hide what's inside.
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