Fake smiles

There are many ways to smile
Many reasons too
But the only thing that makes me smile
Is when I think of you

For many long years now
To many to recall
All my smiles have been false,
Sometimes I didn't smile at all

Many times I forced myself
And tried my best to laugh
But it never really worked
Until you crossed my path

I'd wake up every morning
And paint my smile on
Then when I went to bed at night
My smile would be gone

I'd cry myself to sleep at night
My smiles would be fake
I took it off before bed each night
No longer hiding the ache

I don't do it anymore
Since the day that I met you
All the things I couldn't handle
I now can make it though