At What Cost
Laughter around me
The cost too high
Smiles abound
Truth hidden
What is in plain sight
Shines in false eyes
A moment to forget
A lifetime regret
It is not my wish to not laugh
To not be joy-filled
A quiet smile of heart felt happy
Will forever outweigh
Fake’s price
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What is Poetry Starts?
…poems and prose from now back to teen years
…remembering a first writing love
…pumping the creative well yet again
…silencing the internal critic