Behind her eyes.

She knows they are gone.

She knew they would go since the beginning,
Before it all started.

She may smile,
But behind her eyes she is crushed,
It always happens.. It will always happen.

First the one she was to call father,
Then the one she was to call mother.

They all left her.

Even though they have left her side,
She smiles.

Behind her eyes,
Her smile is meaningless,
The effect of the loss far too much.

Those around her will never know,
Her eyes misguide them by being alight.

It isn't her place to feel pain.

No,
She is expected from too much now.

Life as it is isn't in her favor,
But she smiles,
Her eyes hiding it all.