• She's looking happy on the outside,
    but far from on the in.
    She tries to keep away from the downside,
    but every battle, you just can't win.

    She puts on a smile when she can't take life,
    and when she doesn't want them to know.
    She resists her temptations to take to the knife,
    and let down her arm, the blood flow.

    She fools her friends into thinking she's fine,
    and the sad thing is, is they believe her.
    On despair and hopelessness her emotions dine,
    her private war, unable to conquer.

    So she goes about, day by day,
    wishing for happiness, for her sake.
    And even though she keeps her friends at bay,
    she hopes they realize that, her smile's a fake.