The Lost Smile

One piece is broken and lost Now I'm paying the cost It's a very high price to pay For letting it slip away It happened so innocently I was cutting so carefully Cutting the ties that bind Encased in a thicket of lies While I cut away to the truth The last one was hanging loose Then a final slash with the knife Suddenly changed my life I didn't notice at first Freedom had numbed the hurt But after a little while I realized I'd lost my smile I decided to look in the past That's where I saw it last But had waited a little too long The past was already gone So I looked around in the present Trying to find my lost face crescent But had no luck with that All I found was an old dirty hat But thinking I could fake it Well, that just didn't make it Just one close look in my eyes It was obviously a disguise The future is so uncertain I know it's lost and hurtin' Perchance if it comes your way Please pick it up and put it on display Cause if I ever see that smile I'll know my time spent worthwhile Since I can't find it, you see Then maybe it will happily find me an original poem by the "poemdog" Daniel Turner