The Smile

 

Come be with me and sit a while

Speak to me with just your smile

All that means the world to me

Is encompassed by your company

 

It shows the dreamer stars at night

Feeds the spirit warmth and light

A gentle spark from touch of hand

Guides the heart to where to land

 

Words and thoughts of deeper well

Their essence glows in glory’s swell

Beckons joy through window eyes

Sings souls to sleep with lullabies

 

A heart has strength in its fragility

We are caretakers to its harmony

Delicately firm must be the strides

To coax it out from where it hides

 

So come be with me and sit a while

Let us converse by speaking smile

It’s in your eyes I can wander free

And settle in your quiet company

 

                 s. paul …. (March 2020)