By kate
Date: 29 October 1998

slap

I want to scream at you

and slap you - 

but you have no idea you're hurting me

only by being you.

You can't see the bruises you leave

- since they're on my heart and soul.

They ache all the same

And don't fade.

Instead, I slap you with a smile

because I want to see you happy.

And my consolation

is the hope

that if you knew how badly

you were hurting me - 

my smile would hurt you worse

than my hand.