A Tangle of Hurt and Happiness - A collection of poetry

Don't Smile at Me Like That

Don't smile at me like that.
Cause you know I'd do anything for you to love me back.
Sometimes it feels like you're challenging me with an attack.
But I know you're not, and that's why I'm so taken aback.


There's a look in your eyes
That sometimes makes me want to cry.
No, not just sometimes,
But all the time.


Cause you've got the most beautiful smile
That I've seen in quite a while.
A look like yours can't go out of style.
Not when you're the only one I've seen that wears it for miles and miles.


You've got these pretty eyes.
Can't tell if they're blue or green or mine,
Cause I never get close enough to see them shine.
And I won't ever figure it out no matter how much time goes by.


You've got this messy hair.
Brown and tousled like you don't want to be there.
The fact that I can't run my hands through it isn't fair.
But that's the fate I chose to bear.


You've got this beautiful laugh.
The kind that makes the butterflies dance.
It sounds like music, the type that tears your heart in half.
I wish I could hear it closer, but I can't.


You've got this brilliant heart.
The kind that makes a forest fire out of a spark.
This loving cheer that picks people up when they fall apart.
This fun silliness that makes distancing myself the hardest part.


Please don't smile at me like that.
Cause I know you'll never love me back.
And I'm tired of hoping just to set myself up for a heart attack.
I can't help but wonder why it is I'm taken aback.