Cheshire Smile

If you don't know what the cheshire cat is, you have not lived.

I see you beaming at me

With that brilliant smile

And eyes the color of the sea,

I think I'll stay a while

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I'd like to get to know you

To be special to you in lieu

Of everything I've done

I know you could be the one

*

When you give in to me

And become my friend

I hum like a bee

Making my heart ascend

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I feel something more

I hope you do to

Sail to my broken shore

And then I'll have a clue

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I've liked you since the start

To you I've given my heart

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Your love makes me high

I hope to be your special guy

To float among the clouds

With you above the crowds

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But I catch something in your eye

I haven't seen before

It isn't with me you fly

At least not anymore

*

You pulled out my heart

And broke it

Into parts

*

That smile was not for me

My feelings you acquit

*

But, now I see

That smile was for your beau

*

Now I know,

All that long while,

That grin was a cheshire smile

Author's Note

The tags do not imply I am in any way near as good as Poe or Dickinson. I am merely suggesting that I got my inspiration from them. Please be honest with feedback. Thanks!

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for your submission. The contest is now closed and I am mulling it over.

[Aaron Parker]

Thank you! I am really excited for the results to be announced!

[Lyn Anderson]

Honourable mention and a job well done!

[Aaron Parker]

Thanks and congrats to those who won!