Smile

 

 

Smile when you are happy

Smile when you are sad

A smile improves the looks

On the only face you’ve ever had

 

Smile when things go right

Smile when they go wrong

A smile helps your face

Stay sturdy and strong

 

Smile when confronted

And when in verbal combat

Keep a continence that’s fair

Not loose and slack

 

 

A smile will do wonders

For the one who applies it

And others will smile back

It’s an infectious habit

 

A smile brightens up the day

Even when it is raining

It relaxes the face

But a frown leaves it straining

 

It’s better than any lotion

Or even the best facial cream

For all these without a smile

Makes one’s face a scream

 

So smile today, smile always

It need not be how you feel

It’ll get better; I’m sure it will

Let nothing your smile conceal

 

 

There is always a struggle

Between a smile and a frown

But a frown on one’s face

Gets other people down

 

So let that smile come

Yes, let it radiate

The world needs every smile

To dissipate the hate

 

Light up some heart today

With an illuminating smile

And before you know it

There’ll be smiles for each mile

 

Stewart Russell © February 2018