Poetry

Smile

Reasons to smile

When you feel

Shame

Anger

Confused

Depressed

Hate

Angst

Sadness

Confrontation

Jealousy

Hurt

Emptiness

Why must I smile during those times?

Because if you smile then

No one can hurt you

No one can use your pain

No one will be able to see

To see what though? What won't they be able to see?

They won't be able to see the pain

They won't see the despairing pit of darkness we stare at inside ourselves

They wont see how we plant the seeds

They wont see how we sing pretty songs

They won't see that our rivers and oceans

But then what about happiness?

Surely we can smile then?

Ah,

I...

I... do not know

Will it last?

Will it stay with us this time?

Will it simply float away this time?

Will we run from it because it can't possibly be real right?

But, we are happy when we see rainbows.?

We are happy when we see the animals.?

We are happy in nature...

So why can't we be happy with people?

Honestly,

I don't know what that feels like,

It's fleeting

Its conditional

Its... not the same.

I smile at the rainbow because its beauty of science and fiction blend in the sky reminding us of the beauty of the sky's with no wish but to just be.

I smile at the butterfly because no two are the same, similar yes, same no. They fly around, dancing to their own beat unbothered by others.

I smile at nature because it just is, beautiful in all its holiness and it does not ask for permission it just is. 

Its merely unconditional