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I Can't Stop Smiling

February 15, 2012
By ShelbyMarie93 PLATINUM, Lexington, Nebraska
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ShelbyMarie93 PLATINUM, Lexington, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
"When Death to either shall come -- I pray it be first to me." ~Robert Bridges
or
"Life is not a jump; it's a headfirst dive."
or
"Within you I lose myself; without you I find myself wanting to be lost again."

╔══╗
╚╗╔╝
╔╝(¯`v´¯)
╚══`.¸.Isaac H.

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You see me smile,
And I promise you...
It's fake.
But I'm not faking for you,
No, you're not that special.
I'm faking for me.
Faking because I know that
If I stop smiling,
Even for just a few seconds,
My heart will start
Breaking...
And I can't deal with that again.
I just...
Can't.

© Whitney C., Forest, VA

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I just can't stop smiling... not now.
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