BEHIND HER SMILES

by: Melanie Mataga Magculang

Smiling is the best mask she wears

You find her joyful and humorous

But she smiles with tears in her eyes

And she barely made it through the day

She flashes her sweetest and genuine smile

Look how good she can fake it

All she can do is to smile

Hold back the tears and pretend she’s happy

Behind her smile is a broken heart

Behind her laugh, she’s falling apart

Behind her sparkling eyes are tears at night

She is not okay but she smiles anyways

She’s smiling just to stop her tears from falling

But when she’s alone she cries herself to sleep

She smiles through her fears and sorrows

She smiles often and confuses people

When you look into her eyes she will look away

So you will never know the pain

She knows you can see it in her eyes

Because her eyes speak that it’s raining in her soul

Nobody sees she hides a million tears

There’s so much behind her smile they just don’t know

So she needs someone who sees the pain in her eyes

While everyone else believes in the smile on her face

She had great pain and unhappiness

Now she became a happier version of herself

And she will continue to smile

No matter how hard and hurt she is