Whats Behind a Smile
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The above was written immediately after I had stepped off the tube (London’s underground rail system). A young lady had sat opposite me and had had the most amazing impact upon me that I actually got scared! Blonde, blue-eyed and the most disarming smile she threw me off balance.
I had an appointment with an old friend of mine, who I was going to meet. My friend told me I looked as though I had just seen a ghost. To this very day I am still not sure I didn’t !
A few years later, James Blunt, the singer made song that was so very similar to this (“You’re beautiful”) that my friend, Caroline, called me and asked if James Blunt had hacked into my poems LOL
She broke my heart instantly
She made me stare reverently
Her smile was enigmatically
Serene yet sad, so strange to see
Not a word did she speak to me
No attention did she seek from me
She just sat there smiling quietly
And her smile just kept on haunting me
What's Behind a Smile?
When I stood up she turned her head
Once more that smile filled me with dread
Had she understood anything I’d said?
Ethereal beauty, were you alive or dead?
As I stepped down from the train
I turned and looked. My chest in pain.
The shock at seeing her again
Smiling at me through the window pane
I walked away - my nerves drawn tight
As the train sped off in the station’s light
I stared again - I had no fight
She caught my eye and smiled outright!
Time’s now passed; still clear I see
Her short blonde hair bobbing so gently
Her bright blue eyes smiling benignly
Piercing straight through my soul to me.
Copyright © Thomas Mansfield | Year Posted 2014
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