Tearing Apart Tuesday

Is it worth it.........?

 



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

When 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

I know to be true

You smiled back at me today

Broad and unabashed

 

It was worth it!!