•3• OCT 14TH, 2022

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smiling ≠ happiness

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- i want to fall in love with my smile; my real, toothy smile
my wide, bright smile
the smile that causes
my eyes to squint and to crinkle
and my faint dimples to pop

- i dont want to be conscious of my smile, or how loud i laugh;
let the joy roll off of my tongue
despite the glances thrown my way

- let the moments captured,
encompassed in a photograph
be one of pure happiness;
deprived of insecurities or
a soft, fake smile

- i haven't seen that smile
in the mirror for awhile -
ill wait patiently for its return

- alb

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published: DEC 14TH, 2022

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