--- title: A Broken Smile date: 2011-05-31T09:20:18Z modified: 2011-05-31T09:20:18Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/a-broken-smile/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1137 categories: - Sad Poems tags: - Sad Poems - broken - smile featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/image.png" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2011-05-31T09:20:18Z --- I sit here with a smile on my face,![Broken Smile](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/image.png "Broken Smile") I smile as I breathe in deep, I smile as I close my eyes and I smile all [day](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/better-days-are-coming.md) long; the sky is dark, as the freezing winds seep into my bones, I sit here smiling silently cold and empty; I wait here frozen in time, with my dreams torn apart, [my heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/close-to-my-heart.md) encased in a tomb, I smile to mask my [true](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/that-much-is-true.md) emotions; smile is all that I do day in and day out, the mask that I wear is so perfect, one needs to come a lot closer, to see the tears trickling down my eyes; the days are long, the nights longer still. I try to find the light, but find comfort only in the dark; emotions swell inside, walking on a broken path, I look up for the rainbow hoping that one day I will get off this broken path and onto a new one; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – A broken [smile is a smile that is false to hide the pain inside!!](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/inside-the-smile-of-a-woman.md)!