Smiles - Shirokuma

The stares, the laughters

The look and smiles

And crossed fingers behind your back

Severed ties and fake smiles

And forked tongues

Reactionless, quiet and frail

No sparks

Nothing more to give

No more promises to keep

I live life cheating death

Holding arguments against myself

Keeping both feet steady in a world of grief

I dance alone

I live life laughing at death

And when it’s laughing back

I have no regrets

To hell with the fakes

Heaven’s made for the snakes

The soil will cover the dead

The void that’s left for the quiet and frail