THE SMILING DAYS ARE SOON TO COME

The Smiling Days Are Soon to Come

How sad is life, even in it's beauty

To travel all alone

How dark are days, even in sunshine

To share a smile with no one......................

For every creature, no matter how low

Should somehow find it's mate

The universe is set up that way

Call it God or Fate

Every hand has it's perfect fit

Every mouth, it's kiss

Every heart has it's nestled home

And every soul, it's bliss.

And those that find that hand to hold

And those that taste that kiss

Their hearts will know the joy of life

For life is made for this

And if you don't, what then is life?

What joy will fill your seas?

Your lips will hunger for that kiss

Your mouth will fill with pleas

I used to walk a withered earth

Soul bound to loveless death

Until I saw your shining face

And my lungs filled up with breath

I used to cry in midnight's bed

Till tears soaked every cover

I used to search the world in vain

Looking for my lover

And then the light broke through the dark

And tears dried instantly

Your hand pushed back that thorny hedge

And you reached out to me

I cannot say I'm not afraid

For I've been afraid so long

To trust another searching soul

Who tomorrow may be gone

I haven't smiled in such a while

I haven't felt sweet joy

My eyes, downcast, have met no others

For fear, not being coy

But give me time and we may find

That our hearts have found their home

For my hungry heart is telling me

That the smiling days are soon to come.

©by Voo

Oct 21, 2018

11:17 p.m.