With a Smile

24/10/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



Round here, it’s service with a smile.

A big, broad nice to see you type smile

That says I’ve just come on shift today

Even though I’ve been here for five hours.



You serve the customer with a smile

Regardless of whether your pet just died

And you had to break the awful news

To your child on the seventh birthday.



You stock the shelves with a smile

Even if you’d rather be anywhere else

Because this is what pays the bills

And puts food on the table.



You man the register with a smile

Because the customer is always right,

Even when they’re not

Because that smile is your shield.

Insecure

27/09/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



She smiled but she tried to hide it.

It drew attention to her.

Attention she didn’t want.

Attention that made her feel uneasy.



She smiled, but fleetingly,

As if it might draw someone’s eye

And they might see her,

The her she didn’t want people to see.



She smiled though it pained her.

She feared the stares that followed.

They didn’t mean to do it.

They couldn’t help themselves.



She smiled through the awkwardness

Because people only saw the outside,

The scars that were surface deep,

The scars made others uncomfortable.



She smiled despite the insecurity.

It wasn’t those scars that bothered her.

It was the scars on the inside

That people would inevitably see.