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a smile upon the tears

Posted by seannelson on May 20, 2011 - 07:35

I've shed my share of tears,
and suffered my sufferings.
I know there is and will be
vast ugliness in the world,
I know there's ugliness in me

but put a smile 'pon the tears
is what I try to do,
to use orange and green
along with the blues,
when the heart is ready to

to put a smile 'pon the tears
and forgiveness across the years,
an honest salve on honest fears,
for this is how
our troubles are out-steered

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Comments

Highhat | May 20, 2011 - 09:15

It's good to smile despite the hardships

skinner_jennifer | May 20, 2011 - 16:29

Yes I totally agree with Pia, my sentiments exactly.

Jenny.

seannelson | May 20, 2011 - 20:57

thanks you two. You might be interested to learn that nobody on the English-speaking internet has ever used "a smile upon the tears" in any context. I had a vague hope it might be unique, but I expected to be disappointed.