Your Smile

to those who'd say your mouth's too wide
I'd say to them, see what's inside
a heart so kind, so generous
so beautiful and so precious
if I could add just one more thing
then to these people, I would sing: 
a mouth that could only eat one cherry
could never make a smile so merry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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June 5, 2015 at 1:24 AM
That is very sweet
Brown Avatar
June 8, 2015 at 9:19 PM
Thank you SKAT
Allison Avatar
June 4, 2015 at 2:30 PM
oh what a charming poem - it is the beauty that is on the inside that counts:-) hugs Jan xx
Brown Avatar
June 8, 2015 at 9:18 PM
Truly and verily!
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