The World is Gray and Other Truthful Lies

Part 4

Fake

Fan tan

Fake Smile

Fake bleached fried and frayed hair.

Hair that curls perfectly

To show I'm together

But I'm

Fake

Pink and Green

Yellow,

Red and Purple

A tassel Maroon and Gold

This is a milestone I'm told

Smile for the camera

Smile for the family

Who abandoned you

Who refused to acknowledge you

Who couldn't make it

Smile so they can see your accomplishment

Here,

Hold a bouquet or three

And Smile and say cheese

Puff up your pink cheeks and

Smile your pink smile wide

And maybe the real you on the inside

Will have finally died

Fake girl

Fake personality

Fake friends

Who left at the end

Keep smiling

And hold the flowers

The only things that are real

Though they die in a few hours

Hours that you drink

That you don't think

About the fake girl

Her fake personality

Her fake family

Her fake friends

And that when this ends

Her fake tan

And fake smile

Will be stained and black

She will have lost a contact

And her fake smile will have finally died

The tear stained cheeks and running mascara showing what's on the inside.

Fake darling

You shouldn't cry

You don't have time

You have to drink again

You have to smile wide

And pretend you haven't already died inside.