Not Every Smile

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Not every smile is a harbour of peace,

nor every curved lip a haven of love.

Some gleam like light upon polished steel,

a brilliant shield for the storm above.

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They are sharpened slowly, like hidden blades,

forged in the dark of a quiet mind,

bending their edges with subtle grace

to veil the shadows that wait behind.

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I do not fear the loud, hollow laugh;

for noise is the currency fools employ.

Wisdom walks softly through the dust of time,

while silence unmakes what words destroy.

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And so I wait for another dawn,


when the mask you wear has fallen away,

arriving like morning over the hills,

where mercy, not pride, commands the day.

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When your smile returns without its armour,

carrying mercy instead of pride,

and gentle grace outlives every victory,

with nothing left to defend or hide.

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On that day my eyes will gather rain-

not for the sorrows we chose to keep,

but for the quiet relief of finding a man

no longer pretending it never weeps.

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Yet nights still come when your laughter falls

like rain upon a barren town;

the clouds gather not to bless the earth,

but like a rising tide to pull me down.

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And if I claim that no living soul

wears hatred's smile or desire's flame

with such delicate art as your gentle mouth,

your inner poet will whisper my name

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and ask,

"Is the smile you offer me

not the very veil of sweet deceit?"

I shall not answer the quiet charge.

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For every accusation is a mirror,

revealing the disguises we both have worn.

Silence needs no clever defence;

truth is often quiet where grace is born.

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Only a prayer the wind may carry-

as seasons wither and memories fade,

as time rewrites each mortal name

and loosens the knots our lives have made.

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May no smile surrender its sacred light,

nor forget the truth it longs to give.

May it shine like a star in the final dark,

and teach even death

how a soul should live.


Simple Like & Simple Smile  -your Fourlinegraphia

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