Alone In the Dark

Hi Readers,

Smiling is an amazing action. When we smile, somehow we feel happy. The muscles must be linked to the emotion for happiness. Want artificial happiness? Just smile a smile. It's healthy for the heart, mind, and soul. It's healthy for the individual, the masses, and the society.

Even if it ends at the mouth. The cold resentment encroaches upon its territory, but the flame holds. They recoil back and await, at the edge of the circle of light. Feeding off one another's energy. The soul glares in disapproval, the mind yearns to reveal its secrets, and the eyes hold daggers at the ready. Smile! It will make everything better. If only for a moment. Disappear now. The pieces fall into place.

It's so hard to smile a smile that hides it all.

Curl those lips into a humorless smile. While the eyes remain dull, having lost their vitality. While the pain stabs you in the heart. While the effort of holding back the burning sensation at your eyes makes you want to rip all your hair out. While you just want to smash the table to pieces. Rip every shred of paper. Burn everything in sight. Scream into the vacuum. Cry. Lament. Wallow.

While nary a ripple through the sands of time emanates outward from you. Has anyone noticed anything? Swallow it all. Mask everything. Smooth your voice. Clamp the filter back on.

Everything's ok. A mere pawn. Another day, in the sadistic game of life. The movement descends back into the underground. An unspoken threat of revolt hangs in the air.

-FCDH