silent smile

artwork by phil burns

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silent smile

you danced
and drifted into my life
like a ghost with a silent smile
graceful and slightly amused

you laughed at the obvious turmoil
you created in my heart
and elsewhere

you asked me to make a love song
so I wrote this one for you
you gently mocked me
that the lyrics
of my love song didn’t rhyme
I said hey give me time

then
like a ghost with a silent smile
graceful and slightly amused
you danced
and drifted out of my life

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About ceayr

A Scot who has discovered peace in a small town he calls Medville on the Côte Vermeille, C.E. Ayr has spent a large part of his life in the West of Scotland and a large part elsewhere. His first job was selling programmes at his local football club and he has since tried 73 other career paths, the longest being in IT, with varying degrees of success. He is somewhat nomadic, fairly irresponsible and, according to his darling daughter, a bit random. So, nobody’s perfect.
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10 Responses to silent smile

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  2. Katrin "Kate" McElderry's avatar Katrin "Kate" McElderry says:

    Lovely. The poem and illustration both!

  3. Love reading your poems; love hearing them read even more.

  4. jenne49's avatar jenne49 says:

    Such graceful and dancing rhythm and sounds that carry the meaning.
    Just beautiful.
    And the wee rhyme in the middle is so mischievous

    (That said, I want to slap her! 😉 )

  5. trishsplace's avatar trishsplace says:

    Gorgeous. Soft and sweet, floating away.

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