I want to comfort the world

I want to comfort the world,  but the world does not accept me.  It does not want the gentle warnings of a mother,  who can then comfort you...

Thursday, February 26, 2026

She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so

She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

Get in line, a single file line;

One foot in front of the other -

do not complain.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

Do as I say, not as I do.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

Listen to the rhythm of my boots, listen to the sound of my voice & how it can crumble walls ... 

with vigure when it vibrates loud enough.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

You know it literally hurts when I smile.

Do you care?


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

Sometimes I wonder if you follow me just because I am technically the one in charge.

We do this all for the appearance - 

to keep it up, so we don't become the unapproachable Black Girl.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

most people tell me to smile, they're not smiling themselves,

I'm not a believer who thinks smiling could be contagious.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

They say that the eyes are the gateway to the soul. What gateway does a smile lead to?


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

When I smile, I find myself wondering what the point is? 

My gap is still there & I'm sure no one will find that hole dug in the middle of nowhere, 

fall in it if I don't look, a gap in my mouth, cute.


She smiles when it pains her to move the muscles needed to do so:

sometimes when I smile, I forget how to breathe.








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