Smile Either Way



I sometimes feel insecure
I sometimes don't feel okay

But I have to smile either way

Sometimes I cannot hold it in
Sometimes it feels too harsh

But I have to smile either way

No matter if I die, in heaven I have to smile either way

About this poem

A poem about bottling emotions and smiling them away

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Written on November 08, 2023

Submitted by sdinh0005 on November 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xa A xx A a
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 235
Words 51
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 2, 1, 1

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