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Her Unsmiling Eyes


                        Even when she laughs, she’s sad
            her smile does not reach her tired eyes
deep within her heart, pain spreads, she feels so bad
life was never her friend, it betrayed her, she cries

                        She has completely forgotten her fieriness
gone is her smile, her happy mask, her frank cheeriness
look around, death surrounds her, she’s lost in soul weariness

      Lonely, she saunters mid trees to find a way out
            birds give her company, the grave’s her hideout
                        here, her unheard tears can shout

She weeps, she cries behind smiles, but she’s not mad
            it is not her fault that whoever she loves, dies
      her desolate life’s filled with dreariness
                        she’s broken, yet strong…penning away all doubt.



07.19.2021


For Constance La France's "Writing Prompt - Fragmented Spaces" contest

Copyright © Joanna Daniel

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