Why didn't she smile?
He told a joke, and everyone else laughed,
Their faces bursting with grins,
Chortles echoing.
He didn't understand.
Why didn't she smile?
He gave her a necklace,
And she said she loved it,
And let him put it around her porcelain neck.
He didn't understand.
Why didn't she smile?
He stopped talking,
Looked in her eyes and said, "are you okay?"
But her gaze was at the floor, and she didn't see.
He didn't understand.
Why did he smile?
A joke, a present, a thoughtful gesture,
She had seen people laugh and cry and be thankful over
And over
And over
At such things.
But he did not smile,
And she didn't understand.
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She is a someone with depression. He is someone who cares about her a lot but does not understand her illness at all. She doesn't understand that he is sad because it hurts him to see her sad because he cares about her.
