Submissions by Shynon

i'm out there
searching for my smile
i know
it's gonna take a while
to clear the way..

make way, for the smile
all you funny faces
you frowns, and various scrunches
it's time to move on
to the smile..

every now and then
i catch a fleeting glimpse
cop a passing feel
of the smile
i wear it for a moment
and the world melts into joy
til i cannot bear it
and fall back into scrunch..

and in the land of scrunch
i wander far and near
searching for that smile again
it cannot have disappeared..

i...