My mother, why did you ………….. ?
Smile always ………… ?
Is it the sorrows of the previous life
That haunted you so much
That you shoed them away?
That they didn’t afflict the present.
Or is it the sorrow of the past days
You thought was just your
And you just smiled
To give the world a feeling
That all was well —- and
“Do enjoy yourselves!”
Or is it the spiky present
That kept you on the tenterhooks
That itched you so hard
That you just smiled,
That the pain
Might not break a tender heart,
That you soaked it all ……….
Or is it the future un-insured
That pulled your strings so hard
That you just smiled,
That the uncertain Winds of Time
Might not sweep a dear one’s soul,
That the cruel hand of Fate
Might not smudge a laughing portrait.
That you just smiled ……..
That you might hide
That you knew so well
That the world’s so uptight
Will not have the hearts……
To see you smile-
To let you smile-
That you just smiled ? ! ! !