Girls should always smile

Don’t you know you look prettier when you smile?

You would look happier if you smiled

You don’t want people to think you are pouting do you?

Like we can’t have anything but happy women in this world

Woman are meant to be sunshine for men to bask in

A lantern to light their way

Girls should always smile

It doesn’t matter if you feel like it or not

Don’t be silly

Don’t you know that our smile is meant for someone else?

Not for ourselves

Come on give me a smile

Why aren’t you smiling?

SMILE

Don’t you know you look prettier when you smile?

Pretend you’re not upset for me

Pretend you aren’t stressed out

Hurt or worried

Why aren’t you smiling they scream

A voice echoing around inside your skull

Slamming against your brain until you feel you can’t take any more of it

And you can’t help but wonder why your smile

Matters so much to someone you barely know

Give me a smile

And you do it because it is easier

To refuse would mean a conversation you don’t feel qualified to give

An argument they don’t want to hear

Don’t you know it’s unjustified anyway?

You don’t want to smile

Don’t be silly just smile

You look prettier when you smile

SMILE

My smile has become a gift that is expected

Not one that should be earned

Why aren’t you smiling?

Please just smile

Don’t you know that no one wants to have to deal with your moodiness?

Girls should always smile

A statement made off hand

No! I scream inside my head but he won’t hear me

Come on don’t frown

Why do I feel like I should take the easy way out?

SMILE

Why should I smile for you just because you think I should?

Women were not put on this earth as a decoration for you to admire

Girls should always smile

Manipulation

Telling you that you will be pretty if only you would smile

Just smile

NO!

Give me a smile

Don’t you want to be pretty?

As if you weren’t before

You know you can’t be pretty if you’re frowning

Only surface beauty is worth admiring

SMILE

He doesn’t realize how aggressive he is demanding a smile from me

Like a command issued by a king

Why aren’t you smiling?

Doesn’t realize the threat in his words

You’ll look prettier when you smile

Staring at me

Waiting for me to obey his request

Expecting to be answered

Grace your presence with a smile

Confirming your beliefs to be true so that you can settle back comfortably into the world you created

Not realizing you are destroying another

You can share your ideas as long as you don’t expect

The lips of another to confirm in an upward slant

To your unfortunate view of a what women should be

Not smiling because it is expected

Smiling because it is a gift you are willing to give