My smile was taken
a long time ago
others still had their’s
why mine had gone
I really did not know
Reflections mocked
this sad sullen frown
staring back at me
laughing with no smile
the saddest boy in town
Once I understood
It was only the past
I learned to let it go
the burden now gone
and could smile at last
Stoic Poetry
Through The Cracked Window (Revisited) 