Getting some poetry off my chest

I've had these poems running though my head, and it's time I write them down!

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Baby, hold on to your smile,
I know you're tired
But hold on to your smile
I know it's been awhile
Since things felt okay
And it's hard every day,
But hold on to your smile

'Cause it's no fun being sad,
Not fun being mad,
Even though things are bad,
Hold on to your smile

It hurts to see you hurting

You don't have to be strong
Like you've been all along
It's okay to cry
I bet you've wondered some why's
And I'd be angry, too
If I were you,
But we want you to be happy
We'd do anything
...Oh, baby... please...

Just hold on to your smile

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How can you go along
When they're just hanging on
How can you sit there
Whilst horrors they bare
How can you know
When they've no where to go
And go along
As they try to be strong

How can you do nothing
While the children are suffering?

Note- In the line "When they've nowhere to go" I'm not referring to a physical shelter, but a refuge so to speak, an escape from what they're going through.

Note Note- When writing the first poem, there were two children I had in mind, both fighting cancer, with extremely grim prognoses. They've been so strong through it all, but now, losing the ability to walk, to play, constantly on pain medications making them lethargic, they're having a hard time holding on to their smiles. Every day has become just another day...a repeat of the same emotional pain, and they've reached the stage that they seem to somehow realize that they're not getting better, and they're just so tired of fighting. I don't want to post these children's names here, but please keep them in your prayers...these are children who are normally happy, goofy kids with a love for life, whose spark has left their eyes...please, please pray they can get it back! To be dying is enough without feeling sad, hopeless, and alone. I can email you their web links if you would like, but I just don't feel right putting their names here.

Note Note Note- Yes, I'm aware that I use bold and italics way too much.