She pulls up her little smile
tucking away her sadness
coercing beneath her weary muscles,
her cheek bones giving up a little
ever time she does,
her eyes beaming for seconds
and quietly resuming to gloom.
It's hard to read her eyes
for so haunting her smile
you get carried away
unbeknownst to lurking darknesses
that roams her almost black eyes.
I look for her sullen glare
every time she smiles
there I find solace in...