Spread-Smiles

It frustrates me that the wounded soldiers coming back from the wars in the Middle East are welcomed home with warm smiles, and are congradulated on their courage and bravery. Anyone who has ever known them is proud and they all support them through their battle. They are a hero!They are a role model! Yet... when people see the battle scars i carved into my arms, the ones that have kept me alive to this present day, the ones that show i am fighting, that show i am strong..   All they do is turn their heads away in shame and disappointment, or worse, jest, taunt and punish, until they push me into yet another battle... a battle t

See that rainbow going down, Going down into the town. It's like a smile upside down, But it's a smile not a frown. All the colors mixed around, Yellow, red, blue, touch the ground. Perhaps some gold can yet be found, And so more smiles can astound. A rainbow comes after a storm, A smile comes just to be worn. Sadness, anger, hate, oh boy, They can all be replaced by joy. Just try it now, its easy dears, All you need to do is raise your ears. A pull, a twitch, a certain tug, Soon a smile spreads across their mugs. There is no time to be down now, Go on, grab a partner, take a bow. Dance and smile, yell up high, There is a r