Sonnet 7

Wide-open smiles do not deserve to frown Into the mist of stress and gloomy stages For I have known laughter to sink and drown Sentenced by cheek and bone to morbid cages Spring flowers turn to leaves ironic as Unquestioned joy descending into sadness Why should a smile be left to one who has Connived his cheer; convening thoughts of madness Smiles are simplistic as the silent sun Shining on haggard faces and their ways A smile kills off the germs releasing fun Broad-spectrum brightness mechanism rays Halcyon child or adult ye shall laugh Or cry and split thou happiness in half