They lived for his smile.
It was contagious
Smiling and laughing and making people
The best they could be
Always taking care of others before himself
His brother loved to look up at him as a role model
His mother adored him from head to toe
His teachers never complained
His friends cherished him
Then it was gone.
He graduated
School was done and he had his life to live
Summer came and so d...
They say it consumes you when
You least expect it.
I believe them because it happens to me
All the time, the way it creeps
Behind your eyes and slowly making them water
And suddenly you’re crying, why?
I cry and I wonder why I am the way that I am
Why am I this way?
Why can’t I look like the girls from the magazines
On Instagram? They have perfect lives
All of it, lies
You’ll never be like...