Her Smile

Her smile uses only seventeen muscles
But twice as many when she frowns,
Science says it’s easier to smile,
Science knows nothing about emotions.

When she’s had a bad day,
Or week or month or year,
When all she wants to do is cry,
She keeps smiling for those she holds dear.

When she wants to hide from her troubles,
And run far, far away,
This smiling girl soldiers on,
Saying, ‘Come what may’.

She draws people to her with her smile,
But with her smile keeps them at a distance,
Because of the charming curve of her mouth,
No one knows her heart’s real condition.

Many of us are like this smiling girl,
Our smile building prison walls,
Holding us captive,
Keeping the ‘real’ us hidden from all.

Lucky is the person who finds,
The key to unlock the prison gates,
Or explosives to tear down the prison walls,
I hope she finds it before it’s too late.

By : Anya