Day: Jan 5, 2023

I lie because everyone around me is smiling

And I must smile too.

Imitations upon imitations arguing over timing,

But I’m here too.

I’m smiling too.

Why do they believe me when I do?

Do I seem like an impressionable fool?

I get headaches when my face forgets how to be true

And my pupils use irises as their pools.

I pretend because the others seem happy

And I must have joy too.

One day the web of lies will trap me.

It will trap you too.

-Jackie