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I Can't Stop Smiling

February 15, 2012
By ShelbyMarie93 PLATINUM, Lexington, Nebraska
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ShelbyMarie93 PLATINUM, Lexington, Nebraska
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;When Death to either shall come -- I pray it be first to me.&quot; ~Robert Bridges<br /> or<br /> &quot;Life is not a jump; it&#039;s a headfirst dive.&quot;<br /> or<br /> &quot;Within you I lose myself; without you I find myself wanting to be lost again.&quot; <br /> <br /> ╔══╗<br /> ╚╗╔╝<br /> ╔╝(&macr;`v&acute;&macr;)<br /> ╚══`.&cedil;.Isaac H.

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You see me smile,
And I promise you...
It's fake.
But I'm not faking for you,
No, you're not that special.
I'm faking for me.
Faking because I know that
If I stop smiling,
Even for just a few seconds,
My heart will start
Breaking...
And I can't deal with that again.
I just...
Can't.

© Whitney C., Forest, VA

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I just can't stop smiling... not now.
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