The smiles stay and last forever

To be a part of a group of friends 

People that we can depend on whenever 

To make everyone smile is always our task 

We don’t want anyone sad, we’ll always have your back

We don't want you to worry, we don’t want to bother, so we slip on our mask

Our goal is to help out and do our best to make everyone’s day 

But this burden is a heavy one and one to do alone

We do all these things for you, we want to tell you we’re sad too but we won’t say 

So we continue to give you our all, give you our time, give you our love 

Please don’t worry we’ll be fine, how are you? Are you okay?

It’s an honor to hold you up, so we’ll be here till you spread your wings and fly above

But making everyone smile and making them happy... 

Sometimes it hurts to see them smile while your down 

But it'll be fine and we’ll make sure of that, although it does sound sappy 

Who are we kidding? Why are we hiding?

To make everyone pleased while we’re left alone...it isn’t right!

Can’t you see our struggle? Can’t you see we’re trying 

We try to do our best no matter what! But why are we always the ones left in the muck?!

Can’t you see our pain? Please just hug me and tell me it’s okay!

You’ll always have a shoulder to cry on but what about us? can’t you see we’re stuck?

Put our earbuds in, why do we have to walk down these hallways with fake faces?

We thought you were our friends…we thought we could trust you 

Can’t you see that we’re sensitive and fragile? with a hard push, we break like vases 

We’ll always put you first, we always put you ahead 

But you leave us alone, but we’re too shy to speak up

So we stay quiet and after a long day of work we cry in our bed 

We tuck our faces into our pillows, we always ask why, the answer we always thirst to find

No one asks if we’re okay, but we’ll be fine, trust us this happens all the time 

We know this story all too well...we know we’ll always be the ones left behind