still smiling

the poem is written by a girl, devastated by loss, but then finds joy in someone and for some reason, the joy just feels so overwhelming and new and so she just gets all giddy.

in life, we oft find things to smile about
simple little things that lift us up
things that make us skip in our steps
and fill us with electrified giddy excitement

things that every waking day
bring us great light in a way
things we look forward to seeing
reason for every breath and every morning

but then these things, they soon vanish
fleeting as the seconds and minutes
soon gone with the warm breath of night
soon set with the waning sunlight

but sometimes, if we're thoroughly lucky
we find things that continue to keep us happy
things constant that bring us that uncanny smile
with just a thought or a memory to mind

things that every day we hope
would continue to keep afloat
and flourish and keep getting better
through spring, summer, and the death of winter

things we found that we pray would stay
and be with us through every day
and never vanish from our sight
unlike the sun and its waning light

today i found my very own
my special thing to smile about
and it promises to stay far longer
and surpass even depressing winter

needless to say i am very happy
inexplicably, incandescently happy
and i feel this way because of that something
i look forward to every morning...:)

Author's Note

they sometimes rhyme, they sometimes don't and it adds to the effect i am trying to drive across, that the author was just too happy and bursting to care so she just wrote from the heart and did not let rules or boundaries or the risk of being unconventional dampen her mood.

Reviews

[Angelica]

Awesome! It is good to be happy... to look forward to the things life brings whether desired or unexpected.