Keep smiling
Eyes bright
Stand tall
Show them your confidence
Make small talk.
You're not allowed to be just "okay."
You have to be "Great!"
"Well!"
"Doing fine!"
"Wonderful!"
Keep that mask secure.
No one cares how you really are.
...even if they say they do, it suddenly becomes your fault if you confess... you're feeling like
THE SHIT BENEATH THEIR FEET
BUBBLEGUM STUCK TO A SHOE
A FLY BUZZING AROUND YOUR HEAD, SCREAMING FOR YOUR ATTENTION
WHILE YOU
swat it away.
No one cares enough to be there
To listen, without judgment
You're the only one you've got.
But hey...at least it's SOMEONE, right?
Why not celebrate that?
Just keep smiling.
Keep smiling.
Keep smiling.
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Written June 1, 2009
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Comments
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as you can see from these comments, you are not alone. In this small community of ours you belong and don't have to hide anything., we understand.
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This is awesome! I can relate to this a lot with things I have gone through. Great write!
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Excellent
Clearly you are a woman who knows what it's like to have to always be "up". A woman that knows that MOST people dont want the real answer when they ask "how are you"....
Well, let me tell you. You're a woman who hurts, who thinks, who gets scared, who laughs, who cries. And that is what's FINE. As is this piece.
Bookmark. xoxoxo
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