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
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