Smiles On The Outside Poem by Payyton Egerstaffer

(This isn't really about me, my friend wrote this and I really think she has talent!)


She smiles on the outside, leaving others in awe of her strength
Resilient to hurdles before her, positivity stretched to great length
She smiles on the outside, leaving others in awe of her life
Coming and going as she pleases, unshackled by chains of a wife
She smiles on the outside, casts her spell of this perfect illusion
She is broken on the inside, surrounded by fear and confusion.
Seeing only today and embracing the night
Almost safe to say life's a battle, a fight
She smiles on the outside, for what shame if reality shown
The girl with it all she has nothing, she is scared and completely alone
She smiles on the outside, deep inside she is dreading the day
The amphetamine dirt that she lives on, if not her will be taken away.
So how do I know she is broken, living day to day regrettably
The girl with the smile on the outside, that girl she is actually me................