"Gentle"

by Jeph Johnson

 

I sat down

to describe

to the world
the gentle beauty

I saw in her smile.
but

her smile wasn't there.
It flew

somewhere

far away.
for now I see

all the world

smiling back at me,
vividly describing

the gentle beauty

I saw in her smile.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

for Teresa, circa 1998 

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