Painting by: Vickie Hurtt-Thayer
I wear this smile just for you, It's fake and hurts for me to do. All the times she did it too, Wore that smile while black and blue. The way I act as if nothings been, Makeup I wear, it protects him. The tears washed away what I hid, Those pretty blues above my eyelid. My lip it swells like a blooming rose, The blood has dried inside my nose. How can you look at me and not say, You're sorry for making me look this way. It hurts me knowing It'll all fade away, Except for the smile that forever stays. His ego got bruised just like my face, When I decided to walk away.
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