Smile For Me Poem by Cain XXX

smile for me
though it might be an
empty one.
a mere upward turn of the mouth.

smile for me
though you might be shredded up and bleeding
inside. i'll choose
not to see the
pain, you so desperately
try to hide.

smile for me.
if to you
i have ever meant anything.
i cannot bear to think
You, too, can
hurt and weep.

smile for
ME.
selfish, lil'
ME.
i need to believe
You are
nothing less than
perfect.

smile for ME!
....
please?