Smiling
It’s hard to shake
The letting go
The moving on
Accepting the reality
That this one isn’t happening
I think I’m getting better with it
Putting it to the side
Looking ahead
Continuing to reach out toward new horizons
But it’s work
The sifting and sorting
The aiming and missing
Smiling
Always smiling
Pretending to care
When you couldn’t care less
Charming and debonair
When you’d rather be somewhere else
With someone else
Someone recently mentioned how open and accessible I was recently
How much fun I seemed to be
The life of the party
Only they didn’t know it was all an act
A game to pass the ennui
Because the searching and waiting can seem eternal
And that’s just the work
After a long day of work
Smiling
Always smiling