Smile-That's what they told me to do

Smile.

That's what everyone told me.

They told me to smile after my father died in a car crash.

How could I? How could I smile after something like that happened?

They told me to smile after my mom died after her plane to Boston crashed and blew up.

That's right, it blew up.

How could I? How could I smile?

I had no parents left now.

Then my sister went off to college, and then I had my house to myself, which I was about to lose because I couldn't pay the bills because my parents hadn't saved any money or left any money for us.

Smile. That's what they told me to do.

But how? How could I smile?

I would soon have to live on the streets.

I would have to beg for food, and money.

Smile. That's what they told me to do when I was sad.

Well, guess what? I wasn't sad, no, I was angry.

Why had God let this happen to me?

Smile.

I could never smile.

Not after all that has happened.