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And She Still Smiles

This child so young, so sweet.
She has had many troubles,
and she still smiles.
Why?
Why does she wear the sunshine in her eyes?
Does she feel she owes this god awful place?
Her heart I can feel trembles with pain.
Does nobody else see her struggle?
I can sense her loneliness,
and I know she is hurting,
And she still smiles.
Though the world has thrashed at her,
ripped her soul from end to end.
Her eyes have seen hell face to face,
and yet she still smiles.
They talk about the way she is,
And they don't know who they're talking about,
They only see her smile.
She has beauty beyond imagination,
They see her carefree gracefulness,
they feel jealousy.
What are they jealous of?
I ask myself as I feel her warm tears fall from her eyes.
And her tears continue, even through her smile.
They laugh at her generosity,
Ridicule her being,
Does she not see this?
Then I remember,
Remember her pain, and her lost love.
And she passes those who laugh,
and she still smiles.
Don't they understand,
Do they not see her teary eyes
Just waiting to break, waiting to fall?
As they laugh, she smiles.
And then it comes, and they reflect
Reflect on who they are, and who she really is.
Yet they don't know, they cant see,
They can only see her smile

Written by, Stephanie Bridges





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