I saw my reflection today.

I knew it was me because when I appeared, so did my nurse.
She had a smile on her face,
Not a silly one, but just a smile.
A smile that could light up a whole town,
A smile that could turn a frown upside down,
A smile that could break anypony's crown,
Turn it into debris from a powerful storm,
The debris from a pony ready to drown,
In the wind gusts they were born,
And there...

I saw myself in a mirror today.
Nurse Redheart was making sure I was happy!
A happy Pinkie meant happy ponies.
And I told her I was.

She asked if I had any more of those thoughts.
I told her if they came back, my friends would be there.

She asked if I had seen myself in the reflection today.
I asked her if there was anypony else but us.

She said there wasn't.
I said there was.

She asked who they were.
I told her that they were me but sadder, but I told her they weren't me anymore.

She asked how that could be.
I told her that they were me when I wanted to be... that.

A choice.
Not a sudden force.
A choice to be sad.
A choice to cry.
A choice to cuddle up in my bed
Wrap myself in my blankets
Wrap myself in my problems
Wrap myself in my memories
Telling me to not think of something silly
But to take me seriously.

Find a reason to be whole, Pinkie
You are so much more than what you think you are
You are so much more than for others
You are so much more than a bundle of happiness waiting to be unwrapped by someone else who relies on it to wake up the next morning because the world outside is much more tantalizing than they want it to be!
You are so...

...much...

...more, than that.

I am much more than that.

My name is Pinkie, Nurse Redheart.
And I am no longer just... happy
Silly
A feeling between the end of the joke
And the beginning of another.

I am the new and improved
super-de-duper
action-packed
totally awesome
and most importantly
a happy Pinkie Pie.

And I want you to smile, even if it hurts to.
Even if it you feel like you can't.
Even if it's foreign to you.
Make that frown turn upside down!

Because everypony deserves to smile for themselves.

Author's Note

If this gets to 100 upvotes, Lynser will do a scuffed audio reading in his own voice (of course) with cream soda and gatorade involved!

Two halves make a whole. Smile anyway, even if that second half isn't wanting to. There's more to Ponk just like there's more to you. Live life as you would want it, precariously, but with some caution.

Crosswalks are there for a reason, after all!

Okay, real talk though. If you're feeling down, talk to someone you know. Tell them how you feel. There's no better feeling than growing closer to someone that cares about you. Cherish those relationships and watch them blossom.

That's what Pinkie would want you to do, right?

Obligatory Pinkie Pie below:

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Shoutout to all of my pre-readers. Without them, this poetry would have never hit the site.

Pre-readers: Randomaneer123, DarthBall, SixDee, and Lynser.