A Simple Little Gift

It had been one of those days.

Overcast and gloomy much like my mood.

Nothing seemed to be going right...

my perspective negatively skewed.

But as I hurried down 7th Avenue,

a little magic came my way.

Not in dollars or a genie's lamp.

No, something simpler chased my moody gray.

All along the City streets

thousands of people hustle by

but for one blinding moment

that little bit of magic caught my eye.

Just a little gesture,

nothing grand, just small and sweet.

A simple little gift

from a stranger walking down the street.

Not a sorceress or a witch

but her spell lasted quite a while.

For my day had been all doom and gloom

until it was warmly met with a smile.

No introductions or how do you do's.

just a smirk and a glint in the eyes.

So small, so fast but needed still

that smile made a grown man cry.

The power that that one smile had

sent my melancholy away

a simple smile, a sincere gift

had changed the outlook of my day.

I haven't seen the smiling stranger

since she erased away my blues.

But every time I'm feeling bad

I think her to be my muse.

If everyone could experience

the joy her passing smile could bring

the more we might come to rely

on the joy of the little things.

See a smile, give a smile

its a gift we all can share.

For we'll never know how our smiles glow

can magically heal and repair.

Heal A broken or a lonely heart.

Or a day had all gone wrong.

You could even be saving a life

or make someone feel that they belong.

So keep an ample supply of smiles

in your everyday inventory.

Such a little thing can have a huge impact

on a person's whole life story.