How can you smile,
When your eyes have so much pain?
Tears waiting to fall
From your face like rain.
When your life is so upset,
How can you grin?
How does the horror
Disappear from within?
The wounds in your soul
Do not appear,
You smile and laugh,
While I'm standing right here.
Is it just a defense?
Is it bottled up inside?
When you are alone,
Do you just want to cry?
How is your happiness
So undisturbed,
While the sadness inside
Does not speak a word?
When will it show up?
When will you break down?
When will the smile
Be replaced by a frown?
You can't mourn forever,
But not mourning is just as bad,
Be happy all you want,
But save some time for being sad.
Cry your tears on me,
My shoulder's always there,
I know you want to be strong,
But trust me, I care.
I know you've gotten over it,
But you cannot keep the pain,
It needs to leave you,
Through the tears falling like rain.
