A victim of abduction, abuse and terror
At six, a sweet daughter and innocent girl
Parents grieved with fountain of tears’ blur
Sought for justice in screaming anger.
Thousand watt smile radiated amidst her wounds
Reassured her parents that she'll be fine soon
With firm belief that God will cuddle her on His throne
As she joins the choir of angels and watch them around.
Held their hands and casted them her last thousand watt smile
Before her last breath, there were sparkles in her eyes
Expression of gratitude before parting for paradise
A place beyond those stars, far for her in just few miles.
A Thousand-Watt Smile
A thousand-watt smile isn't born to hide the pain;
It blooms when someone knows they're not alone.
It rises from a heart that's danced with rain,
Yet still finds hope in places once unknown.
It reaches softly to the waiting eyes,
Where tears and laughter leave their gentle trace.
No mask, no pretense, nothing to disguise—
Just quiet courage shining through the face.
It warms the silence, brightens every room,
And lifts the weight that weary hearts have known.
A simple smile can chase away the gloom,
Reminding us that love is always shown.
That thousand watt smile..
No one competed by a mile
Her beauty and her grace made the pain so worthwhile
She was sweet, she was pure
Even a little insecure
Yet the twinkle in her eye was her charming signature
The wonder in her eyes
Like watching oceans rise
Like trying to catch a galaxy but you fall into the skies
To the flowers in her hair
And the reverence in the air
A thousand sunshines later, you’ll remember her I swear
At head of a firm`s protocol
A differently able soul,
I have known for many a year,
Executes her job without fear.
Hunchbacked, she wears a welcome grace
A thousand watts smile lights her face;
No dimmer switch can blur her gleam,
A waking, smiling joyful dream.
Her smiles brighten the dreary days,
Chase from the blues, grey clouds away.
A warmth that spills from heart to eye,
Beneath the vast infinite sky.
Still with a thousand-watt broad smile.
'tween hospital and in-home care,
to help him add days to his life-
Dialysis for his kidney failure.
For what purpose, when fate was set?
The pain of watching him fight hard
for life never to be the same?
Was "rest in peace" the better goal?
But, matter not, that smile he kept
uplifting friends and family.
But then, one day, he said, “Okay.
For 'rest in peace,' I'm ready now."
He made us see the world in a different way,
His smile just opened up each day,
Every sight around created a radiant smile,
He worked with a smile all the while,
The warmth you feel with a baby's first grins,
That's what you feel when his smile begins,
Your child scores; that rush is the feeling he brings
When he greets you, you hear violins.
His look on life is so simple and free,
It enters your heart, everyone would agree,
He meets our gaze and makes it clear,
You’re seen, you matter, you are here.
Dried land with the shallow mud cracks
Barns remained with the empty sacks
Rolling tyres in the soft soil dust
Stained the leaves with brown coated rust
Scotching waves blowing all over
Unsown plants turned into stover
A curse of God! A few grumbled
Global warming! The learned mumbled
The farmer looked up at the sky
In dejection, he made a sigh
On the eyelid, a pearl drop splashed
At once, a thousand watt smile flashed
Her heart's crater
is overflowing with smiles
laughter and kisses,
without filter.
We are one human race.
Equality - not sorting.
She is unique,
and much loved
Born with Down syndrome.
your thousand-watt smile
can be seen for miles.
so bright, bringing so much light.
you chase away the clouds of gray,
on every day in May.
what a beacon of hope, I am able to cope.
just looking at you,
how bold and so true,
so confident you are,
but yet you are so far out of reach.
bathing on the beach.
with your thousand-watt smile.
Written 27th June 2026 for Miranda Hawley contest " Thousand Watt Smile "
Evie you blessed my life everyday I worked
It was a joy and honour to be your support worker
You didn't have sight to see
Non- verbal too but wow, that smile
You lite up every room, love oozed from smiles
Boy ~ did you love chocolate, your delight
Still hear you giggle when I showered you
You'd slap your belly, chocolate, apple pie !
Music every genre, your smiles increased
You'd dance in your chair to the beat
How I loved describing clouds, stars, nature
I knew even though never seen, you understood me.
chocolate, apple pie only 2 words she spoke
Thousand Watt smile
When spring blooms and joy dances in March
I still miss you, bright like a sunflower
Your sparkling eyes, cheery cheeks, rosy smile
Red thread tied tight around my heart
I remember, beloved girl, when you entered class
Your fragrance spread like lilies in crystal glass
You told wonderland tales, sketched us hand in hand
Your courage and hope always planted light in my heart
I wished you’d stand, you’d walk, you’d hug me close
But Spina bifida kept your feet on the ground
You left us last spring, too soon, too soon
Yet grief cannot dim your thousand-watt smile
~ infectious smile that lights up the universe...my baby daughter's smile! ~
This neighborhood young girl I know
has reached her life’s terminal very early,
with the rogue cancer cells creeping in her lungs,
taking away the wonderful world from her.
Floating on comatose mist she hears her breath say
‘fight on until you reach the edge of hope’.
She tells mother, ‘freeze me like you held me in womb
until they find a cure for me.
I would then emerge from the spell of hibernation
as a pristine bud in the gorgeous garden of my world’.
With a thousand watt smile flickering on her frail face
she closed her eyes to drift into dreams.
She was known as the girl with the thousand watt smile
And, to catch just a glimpse, I’d walk many a mile.
She could light up a room, the could light up the night.
When she turned on that smile, my poor heart would take flight.
Everyone in the room would be bathed in her glow.
But she wasn’t aware how I worshipped her so.
For, when she turned to me, standing there on my own,
It appeared that the main fuse had suddenly blown
Into my silent world, stepped in a little girl
I chanced to meet her in my usual haunt.
As I sat away from the crowd on a park bench,
Saw her feeding some pigeons right in front.
It must be her usual habit, I guessed.
From her awkward movements, I knew,
She was blind and had difficulty in moving around.
But the birds circled round, as some grains she threw.
Though she couldn’t see the wonders of life,
A radiant smile lingered on her sentient face.
As a bird flew down and landed on her right hand,
She smiled a 1000 Watts smile with an innocent grace.
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