A child smiles
Joy shared through her sparkling eyes
Joy returned through mine
© 2018 M. N. Hopkins
Note: This poem was inspired and written today after a chance meeting between a very little girl and I while waiting in line at the grocery store. I turn around and was met with the smile of a small girl with sparkling eyes like diamonds in the sun. Her joy was so intense that one could feel it in the air. I returned her smile with a silly face and big smile. When I left the store, I turned around to see her one last time and waved and smiled and she returned it with a wave of joy directed my way. I wrote 2 or 3 versions before deciding on this one which I published for the first time on my blog today, the 9th of April 2018.
4 comments:
Beautiful!!! the Incal
Lovely poem and lovely encounter! Life is truly full of small daily miracles!
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Michael:
This had me both smiling and at the same time feeling
quite emotional. It reminded me of that saying "And a little child
shall lead them"
Thank you - the other Michael. :)
Glad that you enjoyed it the other Michael. It's nice to share such moments. She was a very little one, not more than 2 years. So much joy in her eyes.
Take care,
Mike
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