"Time Travelling Smiles" a poem about the power of smile.
Updated: May 24
A poem about smiles. I still remember the power of a smile that someone gave me from long before. Smiles really do time travel - from face to face, from year to year, from soul to soul. #Poems4kids #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem
Update: The fabulous @JDGreysonwrites founder of @MoveMePoetry chose to showcase my poem. She reads it beautifully - just like it was in my head when I wrote it and that doesn't often happen.
Time Travelling Smiles
Smiles can go on for miles
So they say
I disagree
because for me
smiles can last much longer that
Smiles can go on for years
for decades and more
for one super smile, back then
from an ancient aunt
or a long lost friend
knows no end
That brilliant smile
that dissolved all my doubts
that beckoned my dreams
to stop hiding in shadows
to come and play out
still lives
on two faces
still lives
in two places
Before and Today
Aren’t they the same
anyway?
A smile so powerful
that without a thought
my memory caught
and packed deep in a case
to give to another
in a future place
from my future face
What goes around comes around
So they say
I agree
because for me
That old, smile,
golden, wide
that someone once gave me
in a weightless while
in a selfless style
still guides me inside
still summons my pride
still makes me not hide
A time travelling smile
that now is all mine
that’s ready to shine
and dissolve someone’s doubts
and beckon their dreams
to come and play out
Mark Bird
