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Putting on The Smile
Contributed by
kaycas
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Tuesday, 8th January 2008 @ 12:29:46 AM in AEST
Topic:
selfstruggles
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Life should be simpler as we age
Take each day as another page
In the book of life that we all read
Knowing the basics in life that we need.
Our bodies are fed by the food that we eat
Sometimes sour and sometimes sweet,
The taste we choose will not last long,
Try something different, the taste will be gone.
We nurture our bodies and treat them well
Trying to raise the heavy dumbell
Stretching and lifting and going a mile
Feeling all the time it is worthwhile.
Go out shopping for something to wear,
Have something different done to your hair,
Go to the Spa, be pampered for the day
Get on the scales to see what you weigh.
Put on some make-up, spray on perfume
Feel like a rose about to bloom.
What is this thing lurking in your soul
Making you realize you have no control.
Look in the mirror but a stranger is there,
Why does that face wear an empty stare?
Outside things look as they really should
But inside the feelings are not so good.
Why are you so lonely and insecure,
Why do you never feel happy and sure
That you are loved whatever you do,
That you have someone faithful and true?
The outside is so much easier to repair
Get your nails done, buy something to wear.
Are your efforts to feel good worthwhile?
No one will guess. just put on a smile.
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kaycas
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Re: Putting on The Smile
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by drtylilsecret on
Tuesday, 8th January 2008 @ 09:02:25 AM AEST
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hm. i've read a bunch of poems on the topics of...hiding your true self, or not knowing who you are, putting on a mask, etc, but this had something of a different feel to it.
reading the last few lines i smiled with a little "huh", it left me with a trace of irony.
simple, i suppose, but you got your point across, and it certainly was a good point.
good work.
--natalya
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Re: Putting on The Smile
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by MemeCaroline on
Tuesday, 8th January 2008 @ 10:03:02 AM AEST
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| Excellent write. I enjoyed it very much. |
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Re: Putting on The Smile
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by emystar on
Thursday, 10th January 2008 @ 09:57:57 AM AEST
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thanks for checking out my work but you are quite the writer yoourself and welcome to our global family here at ypdc.
big huggs.
emy
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