Smile To Keep From Crying Poem by Darrin McMiller Jr.

I wrote this after getting an amazing smile from a beautiful girl, and as well intentioned as it was I could just tell she was smiling to keep from crying or at the very least having one of those days...

I can read you
Your pain is written in your lines
I can tell that smile isn’t genuine
Honestly if you looked in the mirror
Your smile would be the opposite
And would reflect
How you really feel inside
When you look at your lines
And read what’s written in the mirror

(March 2009)