{"sf1_id":321947,"sf2_id":"dePp295e","title":"Smile and Laugh","author":"Tyrse Styles","words":243,"posted_at":"2012-01-01T01:46:00.000Z","tags":["Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/321947-smile-and-laugh","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dePp295e","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/73/f0/73f0162f-8f02-4de9-97db-2c737e623bfc","description":"","content":"No tears shall stain my cheeks\n\nOnly a smile upon my face\n\nI'm walking through such dark times\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWhat reason have I to be so cheery\n\nNo one seems to be on my side\n\nThey glare and mutter as I pass\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey all hate me\n\nI heard every name, and curse\n\nAll of the jokes and threats, you think would hurt\n\nSo\u0026nbsp;I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nStanding out in the open makes me feel free\n\nHowever it leaves me open to those who wish me ill\n\nPhysical pain only lasts so long, not much I can do about it\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI\u0026nbsp;do stop and think every now and then\n\nAbout the things\u0026nbsp;I went through\n\nIt can almost break\u0026nbsp;my soul, but I'm not broken\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI'm still walking on, It has been a very lonely trek\n\nWould be nice if along the way someone came with me\n\nEven after all this time that hope is still burning, but for now I'm alone\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI don't know where I'm going from here\n\nI may live a short life, or I may live a long one\n\nA life lived without laughter is no life at all, no matter how dark it seems\n\nSo I just smile and laugh\n\n  \n  \n\n"}