JOURNEY OF A SMILE

We all smile
at the photographs.

The self same smile
is passed from

photo to photo.

Here it is in sepia.
Here now in b&w.
Here in Kodachrome.

Different people
long gone now

have worn this
very smile

called it
their own.

This album could
easily be entitled

"Journey of a Smile."

It pays no attention
to gender

or place or place
in history.

Different people
lay claim to it.

Each generation
borrows it

for a certain time

before passing on &
passing it on.

We all smile
at the photographs.