Smile, I hear people say to me and others,
why do I have to? why should I fake it?
I never thought of this not until now,
I've promised myself,I won't fake being happy.
why do I have to smile at a person I dislike?
why do I have to smile when my world is breaking apart?
why do i have to smile when I don't feel like?
I'll smile when I want to and I'll smile when I feel like.
I do not have to fake a smile just as I don't have to fake sadness.
smiling this days seems like a facade to me.
I'll be honest with me, when I'm sad I'll be.
when I'm happy I'll be, I don't have to fake any emotion or facial reactions.
That would be going against my own very self and will.

© Freya Stone