Smile
You know why people smile? Know the meaning of every smile? Know the purpose of each?
There are people who smile as a greeting. A smile sometimes means simply that everything is fine, but there are those smiles that mask something, genuine smiles that hide a sea of sorrows, pains, disappointments, frustrations...
There are many kinds of smiles and sometimes the most beautiful lies can hide and sorrows can cover requests for help. I know from what I 've seen.
I had a friend who always smiled, he was always kind regardless of the situation. His father was absent and his mother too scatterbrained to notice any change in his mood or personality. Few were his friends, I myself was one of those few.
One day, after talk and do plans for his birthday approaching, he said goodbye to me with such a beautiful smile that never suspected that something might happen.
Like a fool I was.
On the following morning his mother found him hanging in the room by a rope. His arms were covered in cuts and scars - which always questioned me about - and his eyes had closed purplish red rings.
A letter had been left on each - that his mother never dared to read - it contained several statements and apologies for what would, but what shocked me most was the phrase : "...I'm sorry, but each day becomes more difficult to support, harder to smile, harder to pretend..."
I could never believe in all that time he suffered alone and still keeping a smile not to worry friends and family. He was, without a shadow of doubt, the strongest person I knew, because I clearly could not handle all that he saved.
And, unlike many other people, I do not judge him for what he did. I will not say it was unfair, because I know I was not.
With each passing day I feel perhaps the same way as him. I feel closer to the word "quit". Maybe I should quit too, who knows he's not expecting me wherever you are.
I do not think anyone reading this will understand the meaning of each word. I just want the next time you see a beautiful smile, remember to keep it in memory as well, because maybe that smile will never be seen again.
K. E.