Smiling Girl in the Picture

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Sometimes I look at that smiling girl in the picture,
and want to know
what made her so anxious of everything?

The pictures, which seem happy,
echo in my mind with the laughter of that girl,
whom I don't know
when I last saw happy.

Sometimes I want to ask her,
what made you hide your anxiety so much?
Why do you have to pretend
when you're not happy?

So that people will feel comfortable around you?
Whom do you want to comfort?
Those who will blame you at the end of the day?
Those who will abandon you
with this anxiety, calling you unstable
and making it worsen?

For whom are you holding back, girl?
It's you at the end of the day,
it's your life.

Be like a mirror—
show your flaws, your anxiety,
and let's see what stays
after all these storms within you!

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