The Girl with a Frozen Smile

by Carlee Ann   Aug 9, 2005


The girl walking in the shadows
The girl with a frozen smile
She hides her fears behind the grin
She has for quite a while

Every time something hits her
She gasps in the pain
But quickly pretends it didn't hurt
To be broken and torn again

And the hurt keeps on coming
People keep letting her down
But she doesn't dare show it
Never does she frown

People don't know her
But they think they do
She puts on her mask often
To get herself through

She's not always happy
Everyone thinks she is
Always smiling, always laughing
Like she has nothing to miss

Her tears stain her pillow
And only God knows her pain
She does everything for everyone else
But she has nothing to gain

Tries so hard to be
Perfect in everyone's eyes
And then she gets murdered again
By the constant painful lies

So much she wants to cry out
"Look what you are doing to me!"
But no such words escape her mouth
Smiles are all they see

And it's not that she isn't happy
God, that's not it at all
But she's not always that way
No one catches her when she falls

She steadies herself slowly
Knowing the Lord is all she needs
But sometimes she wants a person
To see all that God sees

The broken smile isn't real
She hides behind it, though
For she can make it if she tries
And no one really knows

She prays to be let go
From all the memories
If no one knows who she is
I guess no one knows me.

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  • 18 years ago

    by wendy

    Such a great writer i have enjoyed reading thank you keep writing and keep smilling

  • 18 years ago

    by Absinth Eyes

    Dark and beautiful... very nice, I really liked this one. It's hard to find people with real talent on this site, but it looks like I just came across another one : )

    ♥Niki

  • 18 years ago

    by LoÑ£ly♥P!rÄτΣ

    wow, really liked this one. Reminds me of up at camp. 5/5, i absolutly love it!

  • 18 years ago

    by Honey Kisses 18

    at first i thought this was a poem from my past with a hint of my present in it but when you said that you were happy it just you need someone to catch you when you fall... you described my present situation... thats how i feel.. I've put on a fake smile for a/b 4 years b/c no one takes the time to look into my eyes and see the pain that has grown into my being and will never leave.. I'm happy God knows i am.. and sometimes i TRULY smile but others i just smile to get others off my back... I've had ppl let me down time and time again in fact i just had a friend literally stab me in the heart (she didn't mean to it was a misunderstanding but it still hurt) and i had to smile throughout the day.. so my heart tho broken goes out to you... love alwayz
    honey

  • 18 years ago

    by Angie

    Beautiful but sad at the same time. I know how it feels, I've lived with a smile like that for a long time. But not anymore....... There is someone to catch you, you just haven't found them yet....... Keep the faith.

    Smiles, Hugs and Love, Angela

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