Once Upon a Time Poems

When You Smile

You smile
like irreplaceable crystal,
in multicolored hues,
your blond curls
catching the sun.

My child of joy, delicate and kind,
I need your magic to ease my mind.

I attempt to smile back,
from the opposite side of hope and calm,
with thoughts out of line;
yet, you search me with playful ambition,
weaving together my loose strands.

Shame on me to dream of only
my own useless history!

And you smile, your lips curled,
in your eyes,
a thousand birds are chirping.
Into that enchantment, I soar,
broken wings, working again,

I proceed with all my might,
into your angelic delight.

My laughter, a high wire act without a net,
I dare to forget raindrop tears,
scorching flame, a soul in solitude, bleeding,
and from my ashes, I rise to claim
a celebration held in gratitude.