Gloomy Happiness :

Pretty sad smiling face

Tears running down with grace

Heart broken by the day

To be the puppet in the race

Happiness all a show

Facing brokenness every day

Buried in her thoughts

Hoping to get one brake

Pretty sad smiling face

Allowing man to destroy your grace

Bending over every day

To be a part of this fat race

Laughter all faded now

Becoming that what she are not

Hope only in her thoughts

Gloomy darkness her happy place

Why pretty smiling face?

Do you let them destroy that grace?

Have they not yet stripped it all?

Leaving you naked in disgrace

All of this to be part of the race

Taking you places you never been

Places unspoken and unseen

Loosing yourself to others thrills

Why be sad pretty face?

Be happy and full of grace

Build your castles in your heart

And treasure moments often forgot

Be pretty smiling face

Happy and full of grace

Heart outspoken every day

Pretty happy smiling face

- H. De Villiers -