They lived for his smile.

It was contagious

Smiling and laughing and making people

The best they could be

Always taking care of others before himself

His brother loved to look up at him as a role model

His mother adored him from head to toe

His teachers never complained

His friends cherished him

Then it was gone.

He graduated

School was done and he had his life to live

Summer came and so d...

They say it consumes you when

You least expect it.

I believe them because it happens to me

All the time, the way it creeps

Behind your eyes and slowly making them water

And suddenly you’re crying, why?

I cry and I wonder why I am the way that I am

Why am I this way?

Why can’t I look like the girls from the magazines

On Instagram? They have perfect lives

All of it, lies

You’ll never be like...