A smile that can light up
All the hidden obscurities
Scare away the dark
Cover up the insecurities
Let it reach your ears
Manic like your mind
They can’t tell the difference
Even if it’s not kind
Show off those pearly whites
Just hide the fangs
Suck back the toxin
Don’t make them call you strange
Control the resentment
Keep the sarcasm at bay
Let the smile do all the talking
Telling everyone how you’re okay
Put away the depression
That resides in your eyes
Evaporate the tears
Ignore all the lies
Place your feelings in their boxes
Silence the voices in your head
Allow the smile cover the thought
That you’d rather be dead
Don’t move your eyebrows
Not one single inch
If the emotions show in your eyes
Let it be something you ditch
Blink those pretty lashes
Confuse them all
Never give in and let them see
How they made you feel so small
The abuse can be covered
But hide the effects,
Because at the end of the day,
They don’t care what they’ve wrecked
Don’t write on your arms
So, you can show some skin
Make them believe that battle
That you will always win
Put on that beautiful mask
Don’t let them find about the other side
It really is a marvel,
Everything, a smile can hide…
