One of Those Smiles

She has one of those smiles

That could bring mid January to life

And leave the sun so smitten

It would forget

 that it had some other place to be

suddenly finding itself

Shyly knocking on her door,

 hoping for a date

just to see that grin once more

She makes the wind wish it were

 funny instead of  a clumsy joke

her happiness

is nature’s main artery

vital to all things bouncing and blooming

and without her laughter

there would be no May

only lost purpose in a struggled swim

constant laps through April’s sorrow.

The moment life met her, it stopped being grim

The car radio singing your life to you

As you road trip it shot-gun

With no place to be

Other than far in front of what you’ve left behind

And right beside what you will always carry

The light…Resting on a thought

As the sun slowly hunkers down.

To be eye to eye, soul to soul

Your spirit once again a child

Just for a moment you were graced

With the presence of her smile

The blemishes in your sky erased.

Her glee could make the miles glide

Like broken-in tennis shoes on new pavement

Going places without a deliberate place to be

Just for the sake of free

And you’ll finally feel the essence of existence

When her smile leaves your name

wrapped in a golden hello

All that is not love, in that instant disappears

And with the warmest hug,

she lightens those heavy years

She taught you happiness.