{"id":985,"date":"2014-02-06T01:45:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=985"},"modified":"2014-10-27T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T01:46:30","slug":"smiles-can-hide-a-million-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/smiles-can-hide-a-million-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Smiles Can Hide a Million Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smiles say more than a thousand words,
\nBy some folk it is said,
\nBut some hide the falling of a million tears
\nThat unseen have been shed.
\nSo next time you see a worry free smile,
\nThough you worrying may not be smiling inside…
\nRemember you may be the happier,
\nHaving not the worries the smiler sadly does hide…<\/p>\n

\"Smiles
Smiles Can Hide a Million Tears<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This poem was written after reading of the funeral of the tragic Lucy Forster Stack, who in her letter said “not a million talks over glasses of wine” could have stopped what she did as she could not cope, “too much having happened”. On the outside, to us looking in, she had it all: maybe all our financial worries and stresses of life that make us growl are what makes life worth living, as we have something to aim for.Lucy Stack, R.I.P. Just one of way too many…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smiles say more than a thousand words, By some folk it is said, But some hide the falling of a million tears That unseen have been shed. So next time you see a worry free smile, Though you worrying may not be smiling inside… Remember you may be the happier, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[308],"tags":[1154,1153,507],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-depression","tag-lucy-forster-stack","tag-suicide","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-fT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":976,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/all-sorts-of-accents-at-accents-cafe\/","url_meta":{"origin":985,"position":0},"title":"All Sorts of Accents at Accents Caf\u00e9","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"27th October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As per invitation, we arrived at Accents Caf\u00e9 on Lower Stephens Street for seven-ish. 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