To You

always with a frown
and tightly folded arms
smiling upside down

I wish there was a way
a word that I could say
for you to smile your unseen walls away

smile for me
you never let me see
as beautiful as you're meant to be
so smile for me
just for a while
light up tonight
with your smile

wishing only if I knew
the special parts of you
I sometimes see shine through

everything you hide
a carefully crafted lie
trying hard to cage yourself inside

smile for me
you never let me see
as beautiful as you're meant to be
so smile for me
just for a while
light up tonight
with your smile

you don't always have to seem so far
I'm lonely too
you know you can outshine any star
if you tried to

just smile for me
you never let me see
as beautiful as you're meant to be
so smile for me
just for a while
light up tonight
with your smile

always with a frown
and tightly folded arms
smiling upside down

Alex Kaneko