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Smile Through All the Pain

December 24, 2012
By EatWriteSleep PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars- Oscar Wilde

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Smile through all the pain
Laugh through all the heartache
Though you’re crazy, act sane
And laugh when your heart breaks


The glass is half full when your life turns to s***
Though you want to breakdown, withstand it
You try to use humor to cover up all the pain
Even though you’re crazy, you have to act sane

Though you’re hurting
You’re expected to smile
But it’s not people who expect you to smile
It’s yourself
Because they don’t know you’re in all this pain
That you keep stocked away on the shelf

© Christine E., Pequannock, NJ

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