Fake Smiles

Truth be told,

I am not all sadness and despair.

Under many layers I hide my lair.

Under my layers hidden deep within my lair is where my smile hides.

Truth be told that is where she currently resides.

She has taken a few months to rest,

she wanted to make sure that when she showed up again she was giving it her best.

Life got hard and stale,

she felt frail.

Yet I know her to be a lady of her work

I know that she wont leave me here,

sad face down in the dirt.

I know that with some time,

I again will start to feel fine.

Yet for now I salute my sadness,

I embrace her.