A Time To Smile

A Time to Smile Laughter never had a place When growing up was hard to do, So happiness came quietly In places no one ever knew. A smile inside where non could see Or understand so sad a face That people saw as thoughtfulness, But me? a bright and sacred place. Childhood memories filled with sun, The walks alone through aged trees Where spectral light kissed untrod paths With only one to praise or please. Life moves on while here I sit And think of things that used to be Aware that still my mind is full Of joy still only shared be me. If life should end how could I share This secret that I've hid so well For who is there to lend an ear To stories that I now would tell?