From you I hide my face. With the flash of a smile The wink of an eye I hide what I feel And blink away the tears. I hide my pain And all of my doubts. I try not to let you know That I hurt. So I apply my plastic smile And I talk and I laugh. I pretend I'm not human And I don't have a heart And you didn't really Smash it into fragments. Just go on with your life Believing I'm okay. While in reality The plastic smile Has grown uncomfortable And I wear it less often And the tears sometimes fall And the doubts are always there. But I look at you and lie And replace my plastic smile.
Reason for writing:
I knew that my fiance was cheating on me with a woman from work, but I was so afraid of losing him that I hid it from everyone. I eventually walked out.
Birth sign: Leo
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