Poetry

A smile I wore like the dress I wear
Behind the smile is pain unseen
A smile that is a paint of mirth
A smile that seems an art of birth

I coloured my lips with a smile soothing
Though it isn’t soothing my sinking soul
Though it isn’t able to tear my agony
Though it isn’t anymore beautifying my beauty

I lit a light of happiness in my eyes
Though they are in the mine of grief
struggling to stop the stream of tears
Though they are blind to light of joy

Lips complained pain of false smile
Eyes refused to obey my order
Yet my hurt heart teaches me to smile spreading joy
Saying that it is still alive though the pain has pierced it
My artificial smile impresses hearts many
Unreal light of my eyes glorify lives many !

Though nothing is real, they are believed true
True heart is yet hurt feeling its unreal!
@Rajani Mula