sweetpeadaisy

I saw you from a distance, smiling a half smile only you knew how to smile and in that smile I saw a hint of pity I pitied, seeds of regret watered by your indecision, a pity that those seedlings sprouted, roots seething into the corners of your mouth and your eyes unseeing to the way they twisted, and pulled on your lips till a smile slipped into your expression; a pity that smile only you could smile was one of regret, remorse, a pity your smile wasn’t a smile at all, but instead a lopsided frown.