The Child Who Smiled
She is a child
A child who smiles
And this smiling child can smile for a while
But there is something off about this child’s smile
It looks like she turned up her happy dial
Too far
But she looks so happy
Going through the day with glee
But that's the real her that you see
That's her other personality
She is a child
A child who smiles
And this smiling child will smile for a while
Until
The stars start to fade
Along with the day
And her demons come out to play
Along with the hateful thing people say
She just wants it all to go away
She enters her home
She's surrounded but still alone
And she doesn't know
If she's safe
Not from others
But from her head
This endless war that keeps her up in bed
She thought there was one way to make the pain end
She was a child
A child who smiled
And that smile did only last for a while
She listened to every word they said
She let her tears shed
As her wrists bled
The last thing she saw was red
And before you knew it, she was dead
Yes dead
Every hurtful thing you said
Was forever burned in her head
And all of you can take cred-it
For you had said-it
That rumor you spred-ed
All of this led
To her being dead
She was a child
A child who smiled
And that smile hid a lot for a while
It hid the fact that she was afraid
She was never truly brave
But she took all of that to her grave
If only she was saved
And if only they
Knew that words hurt
More than any other pain
But they thought of it as a game
Well this is one nobody wants to play
She was a child
A child who smiled
All the way to her grave