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Even as red roses crumble to dust
and your silky dress roughens like rock,
smile on.
Even though the pages of your most treasured book are glued together
and windows block your sunlight,
smile on.
Even though each day merges into a memory of shadows
and you can no longer dream,
smile on.
If smiling gives a flower some hope
and heals the damaged patches of a dress,
then smile on.
If smiling vapourises glue
and beams light to every corner of a room,
then smile on.
If smiling makes every day one to remember
and lets your heart dream each night,
then smile on.
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