Fake Smiles

Stress.

I remember when I used to smile,

showing my teeth all the while.

Now it takes so much effort to move

Doesn't anyone see it?

I was once an actress

but why do we have to play a part

in a theatre that should be fully dedicated to ourselves?

This theatre must be my comfort zone

because every single day

the applause gets louder...

but what have I done to deserve it?

I snap, I break

the applause becomes an earth quake

I'm screaming, I'm falling

Please, God, don't take me to that place.

I wanna stay whole

I wanna stay in tact.

But please, God, please don't bring me back

to the place where I stay idle

flashing only fake smiles.

Take me somewhere with a yellow brick road

No forks to misguide me.

Show me right where I need to go

To that shining Emerald City.

Where nothing can touch me.

...smile because it happened...