Corners of the mouth perk up
Do they signify a smile?
Is it lip service or genuine
Parting of the lips to show the teeth?
Does it invite the cheeks
To dance the rumba?
Are eyes looking down on it
With dismay?

If invited would they even
Blink in time with you?
Would a tear trickle
To form at the corner of your lips?
Watering down the smile
You have allowed to begin

The tissues line up to dab
Your cheeks, wiping the drops
From your lips, damming
Up the waterfall before
Your boots are soaked
While puddles collect at
Your feet and slowly begin
To drown you out

Why.....I'm not that person
I smile with my eyes...
I think...
Do I?
Can I?
Will I?
Have I?
Do I want to?

Yes I smile
Do others see it?
Is it in my mind and
Not widely known?
A secret within me....?

So may I share a smile
With you today?

One that splits from ear to ear
Makes my jaw ache
That creates sparkle in my eyes
One I know to be true

You smiled back at me today
Broad and unabashed

It was worth it!!