When she smiles

When she smiles

She hears her fathers laugh

How it started at the peak of his high cheekbones

And fumbled from the depths of his belly

Grief

Looks like a smile that everyone needs to see on her face

Even when she’s broken

Beneath the peaks of her high cheekbones

And fumbling at the depths of her belly

Her heart

learned love from her father

Beat to the echo

Of his laugh

But no amount of tears down her high cheekbones will fill the depth that now feels empty

So she smiles

To hear his laugh

To suffocate the depression

That wraps her body

In dark room

Against high cheekbones

And the depth of her belly