Tears or smiles

You look, you search

but you don’t find

your love, your heart

or any of the things

that move you and weave

the story of your life

with golden thread.

***

Why not go deeper

to look for what a tear

can hide

and bring to light

the passion or the sorrow

that turns one drop to glitter.

and doesn’t come amiss.

***

In summer, fall,

or winter.

For when you cry

or go to look inside

Your soul

There’s none but you

to share

Emotion, faith,

and trust.

***

But starting

is just a new beginning,

a way of treading gently

the path to who you are.

***

Just knowing or suspecting

That you were never moved

By anything that passed you

Will soon become a loss.

***

Soothing your heart and sharing

with others

what you just know stands true

for you, for all

or just a few

will make more light

and spread a halo

around your treasures

In this life.

***

Don’t go on treading

the same forgotten path

where steps all go asunder

and nothing means delight.

***

If you believe in ways

that are not seen just yet

don’t doubt,

take the first step

to make a path

where there is none.

***

Others will follow

and the way will turn bright

as long as you have with you

your will, a heart,

and all the might

That gives you hope.

***

Move on, don’t linger,

the path will not be open

forever.

The step is now or never

as is your chance to be

What you have nourished

all this time.

***

In secret, in the open

or having as companion

Your soul.