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an open letter from the girl that's always smiling

thats who she is.

the girl that never stopped smiling

Alyson Kelly
Feb 04, 2020
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an open letter from the girl that's always smiling

the smile. the compliment i get is how beautiful my smile is. personally ive always hated my smile. it has always been a mask.

recently ive let myself take the mask off in front of certain people. theres not many. i can probably count them all on one hand. some of them it came naturally to me to take the mask off. they took theirs off too though.

when people actually take there mask off for you though you better realize how special you are to them. for a long time the mask was basically super glued to my face. i kept it on because i didnt know who in could trust to show my real emotions. it took so much out of me to show anyone again, but that person proved time and time again that they werent going anywhere.

the mask hides so much.

that girl thats so giddy and is constantly asking how everyone is doing is actually the girl that just wants someone to hug her, tell her that its ok that everything is falling apart, and let her too fall apart because shes had the mask on for so long she doesnt know who she is without it.

tha girl that is described as always happy is really just barely holding herself together. fighting her inner demons that tell her that nobody loves her because everybody leaves.

that girl that pushes everyone away and is distancing herself from how she was thinks that because shes pushing everyone will make it easier for people to move on and not miss her as much because shes been suicidal for weeks and months and nobody saw.

because thats who she was… the girl that never stopped smiling.

i can tell you that those girls exist because i am one of those girls. ive got a very small circle. ive tried to push everyone away because i know it will be easier for me to say goodbye.

but i have those friends that have now become family. because those in my family don’t exactly care as much anymore.

from the girl that is trying to push everyone away, i want to thank those that wont let me push you away.

thanks for not giving up on me no matter how hard i make it. thanks for never letting me push you away. thanks for loving me when i wast lovable. thanks for seeing im trying to push you away and holding on tighter.

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