No reason to smile...

A sort of poem...

What makes you smile?

I see you smile but nothing’s there

I ask you why, you say “no reason”

Your eyes are laughing

Face beaming like the sun coming out

What are you thinking? “Nothing” you reply.

 

Do I need a reason?

Can’t I just smile?

How can I explain my happiness?

When it’s quite unexplainable

Waves of emotion

Don’t you get them too?

Waves of sadness, waves of nostalgia

This is a random wave of happiness.

 

What are you laughing at?

I heard you laugh but nothing’s there

I ask you why, you say “no reason”

But I heard you laugh!

Why is it I ask?

“Better to laugh than to cry” you reply.

 

I have no reason

Simply feeling ok

Maybe somebody sent up a prayer for me

Just for a moment I forgot all my worries

I’m not insane

Truly I’m not

I can stop laughing and go back to sad

But why is it crazy to laugh for no reason?

 

Why are you happy?

There must be a reason

You told me it was nothing

But I don’t believe you

No one’s happy for no reason

Not when their life is stuffed up like yours

 

I’m not a liar

I’m just smiling

It’s a sad day when you can’t even do that

Without somebody questioning your sanity

You’re right of course

I’ve no reason to smile

Maybe the stress of it all has sent me insane

Do you really think I’ve lost my marbles?

 

Why are you crying?

Your smile's upside down

And your eyes are all teary

I ask you why, you say “’cause I’m sad”

I liked the smile better

But this sad face makes more sense

You have no reason to smile that I know.

 

Thanks for reminding me.

 

A message for you

A word of advice

Don’t demand reasons for a precious smile

If you see someone laughing, join in!

Happiness is rare

Smiles can be fragile

The common sad face is a smile upside-down

But sometimes it can be the other way round.

 

 

Author's Note

ANY feedback is very welcome! :)

Reviews

[Woody]

oh yes, a smile is much better than a frown. there's a day for lovers (Valentine), a day for mums, a day for labour. why isn't there a "Smile Day"? imagine walking around smiling at starngers, making their day that little bit brighter!
Love this one, Andronicus. good of you to send smiles to the reader. I feel this site needs them badly.

[Stan Lee]

Thanks Woody. It would be great wouldn't it! To be able to smile for no reason without people wondering if you're alright in the head... Incidentally there is a world smile day (First Friday of October) but I guess it hasn't be commercialized enough yet cz no-one knows about it. :D
Meantime I'm doing my best... And your stories certainly help too!! :D

[Cassie]

Thankyou for this, the advise at the last stanza is good.

[Stan Lee]

Thanks Cassie. :) I appreciate your feedback.

[Confused Canteloupe]

This is how I feel all the time. You really pick up on the` funny way humans interact.

[Stan Lee]

Thanks! I'm glad someone can relate to my ramblings! :)

[Taylor]

I love this -- so many positive messages. Yes, smiles are fragile. Sadness is strong. The interchange between the smiler and the questioner is so typical of the world with its suspicion of inexplicable happiness. A nice reminder to treasure the smiles of the day. They are not the default, are they?

[Stan Lee]

Thanks Taylor. I see you understood the message I was trying to convey. Smiles certainly aren't default and some of them are very fragile. My best friend once told me 'I'm not smiling because I'm happy - I'm smiling because I'm trying not to be sad'. I thought that was an excellent way of putting it.
:)

[Vernika]

"Maybe somebody sent up a prayer for me". Simply beautiful! Makes me want to smile without a reason! Great job! :)

[Stan Lee]

Thanks Vernika! I'm glad you liked my writing. Keep smiling :)

[Gaurav Bhattacharya]

An inspiring legend. And really smile doesn't need any reasons

[Stan Lee]

Thanks Gaurav :)

[valerie7412]

I liked it very much Andriana. =D

It was great to talk about something like laughter and smiling, and better yet for no reason! I was thinking, maybe when that happens it is not really for no reason though, maybe there is something there that is intangible for the moment that is making them happy that they can't catch yet. So just because they can't explain it may not mean there is no reason for it. So they should just accept that there are things that happen "for no reason" or that cannot be explained or answers that cannot be conceived.

[Stan Lee]

Lol! :D Thanks Valmanairy. I'm glad you enjoyed it and agree that people should simply accept weird things that can't be explained. Like mood swings... :D

[valerie7412]

Oh because she was happy and then crying at the end of the Poem? Was that You>? Yeah mood swings can be called bipolar or something, so anyway, maybe it is just the way things are and should be accepted and they should stop calling people psychotics already. IT is like they create illnesses and problems out of what people do in everyday life. Leave us alone!