"You have the most beautiful smile."
That's what she would always tell me
That I looked so...so happy
Always gleaming in her presence
As we'd spend more and more time together
Getting to know each other
Lost in one another's presences
Things were so great at first
I couldn't get enough
Always honouring her with that same smile
It was the best thing I ever experienced
But things eventually feel apart between us
Slowly but surely
She started noticing my moods change
That I was down
And didn't share that same radiating energy
"You're not smiling for me anymore," she would start to express.
"I'm trying," I'd reply.
But it was becoming harder and harder
To simply lift my lips upward
Putting on a happy expression
And giving her that smile she began to slowly miss
More time went on
We started slowly fading away
Like the mist on the morning lawn
After a hard nightfall of rain
Gradually evaporating into the sky
I tried seeing her one last time
To see if we could possibly work it
All the beautiful memories we'd made
Everything we went through together
But she didn't feel the same anymore
"You never smile anymore," she told me.
"I've tried to make you happy, but only you can do that for yourself," she continued.
That was the last time I ever saw her
And that once beautiful smile
Was replaced with an irreversible frown
Because the drugs and alcohol took away my smile
