that smile

Your smile was a lie

After your heart was thrown out

Crushed and abandoned

By people you thought

Could've been your savior.


Your smile was a lie

I knew it, but I couldn't

Do anything about it

I'm way beyond my boundary

And your heartbeat didn't match mine.


Your smile will be a lie

If you keep all your pain

Bottled up inside.

Know that I'm aware

That you - enduring pain - are strong

Yes, you're strong

And strong people

Must know that they, too, should

cry. Their tears are

The foundation of their strength.


Your smile will be a lie

If you will keep on believing

That strength comes from

Endurance. Strength is not

you enduring, but you knowing.


Their smile (of strong ones) will be a lie

Only if, they stop being happy.