What is it to smile

 

 

 

 

What is it to smile…

 

when the eyes you cherish

turn from you,

peering off into the distance,

seeking another sight,

encased in a theme

that does not include you?

 

What is it to desire…

 

if what you long for hides

behind curtains of pain,

blacked out windows

redirecting the sunlight

to a place

that longs for nothing?

 

What is it to breathe…

 

within a life that does not matter,

in full view of your imagination

crumbling like so much dust

beneath cushions of your heart,

mingling with lost change

alone in muffled visions?

 

What is it to love?

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[Emerald Seas]

Good morning, Jack. You're pulling the heart strings this morning. I find the eyes and voice are always the truth tellers. If sincerity isn't in the eyes, you know... and then the voice - inflections of tone, pauses, pace of speech... warmth, etc., it's so easy to tell. Love the questioning in the poem - all of us do this at one time or another... question. :) excellent.

[Jack...]

Damn, I should have written this one weeks ago...it seems to have brought two of my favorite ladies back to WC. I consider that magic. Thanks so much my friend for smiling down on my world today.

[Emerald Seas]

Just coincidence, my friend. Frieda is writing, I'm still just thinking about writing :) nothing is tugging at me to be poured out - but give it time - haha

[Jack...]

Ok sorry...was just getting my hopes up I guess.

[Emerald Seas]

I'll be around... don't think I'll let you wander into the New Year without coming by to read you. No telling what you'll get into without supervision! Lol

[Jack...]

Yep I can certainly get into trouble if I'm not kept in line.

[Frieda P]

Sheesh Jack, another heart tugger, breathing can be difficult at times, as can smiling, and the eyes always have it, for me at least, if your eyes aren't sincere there's no sense. With poetry like this, who could help but smile, even though it's melancholy. Always amazing my friend.

[Jack...]

You are so kind to me and such an inspiration. Always my smile is because of you. I am thrilled you liked this little poem.