To keep a smile real

To feel your sadness and admit it, today in the era of imposed positivity?
To sit head down, to free your frown to let a tear be shed.
To hold a grimace unafraid, just long enough to feel okay again.
For to hold a smile below a troubled mind or above a broken heart, is to betray your true feelings and verily divide yourself in half.
Pretending to be happy is awkward and can take a while, to be upset is to express regrets, so once again you can smile.
If you feel alittle down, finding it hard to hold a grin, Take your time to be in the state you´re in, when you´ve lost, not just when you win.
Ignore despair but be aware it comes at quite a cost, the eternal optimist´s thin soul rocks between thick icey walls of frost.
Avoid anger, avoid frustration and how it makes you feel.
But only true emotion can keep a smile real.
Or just keep on pretending, shouting "happy" till you lose your voice. Life´s a state of mind, not a shop, where you make a choice.
You´ll eat the bad with the good, your moods will cook the meal.
You need to be authentic to keep a smile real.