Smiling Faces

I look at all those happy faces,

The ones even heaven embraces.

There seem to be worries, so little,

Everything is so brittle. 


I try to find the reason 

How and why,

The smiles never wear off, 

No one seems to cry. 


What is it that 

They do; that makes them 

Smile so wide, 

And where am I missing,

until I realise, even I do;

I myself wear a plastic smile. 


~ Guni

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