Smile

I smile for me and no one else
For years I’ve tried so hard to have this smile by forcing things in my life that never made the smile I have today
Now I smile for me
Because of me and no one else I’ve accomplished what I always thought someone else would provide for me
I never knew I could make myself smile
I never knew that I could be happy just by being me
I smile because after all the trials and tribulations I have turned out to be a pretty good mother
I smile because I’ve found my inner peace and don’t harbor so many demons in my life any longer.
I smile because cooking frees my soul in a way I never thought it could be freed
I smile because I’ve realized that I maybe all that I ever have so I better learn to use what makes me smile
I smile and I’m happy
I smile not because I am alone but because I know my real self
I smile because every day I learn something about me
I smile because I love myself
I smile dammit and that’s something pretty great