Nancy Smith Poet Free verse

I Can Smile

One life is given

And

Yesterday, is not my today

 And tomorrow is a fragment in time

A few steps forward does not make a difference

 It will be… what it will be

Time, is not my conquest
 
 But today, even as the sun does shine

I put my pen away

Close the windows and shutter my eyes

To leave my thoughts inside my crippled mind

Better by far for me to forget, and then….I will smile

Going backwards is never better

From my prospective, this I conceive

Creativity….maybe lost

 Like withered leaves loitered on the lawn to long



By N Smith
Copyright © 2011

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Linda-Marie Sweetheart March 24, 2011 at 6:08 AM Welcome to Poetry Soup.. enjoyed reading your poetry with it's creative theme.. hope your time on Soup will be fun and filled with sharing with luv.. our contests are free so check them out and good luck luv.. lovely lines Nancy..

Jack Horne March 23, 2011 at 8:24 AM Lovely poem, Nancy. No, I'm still struggling to get to grips with haiku and tanka. The best thing about this group is the contests, which often specify the poem's form - I tended to just write in very standard rhyming verse, maybe free verse once in a while, but I'm learning about forms I never knew existed : ) Jack

Constance La France March 22, 2011 at 10:18 AM Wow and welcome to the soup, this poem is amazing, well done~~

Gwendolen Song March 21, 2011 at 12:24 PM Nancy, Welcome to Poety Soup. You will find a comfortable place of friendship here as you share poems such as this. Yes, You Can Smile is an insightful view of life. Everyone has something to give-no matter what his/her station in life might be. Blessings and WELCOME! Gwendolen