Magic Smile

No matter how bitter a grudge you brood

Or how deep and vast a sorrow you bear 

It only takes a smile to uplift your mood   

Time keeps on bringing another vicissitude 

Energy will only be wasted in despair

No matter how bitter a grudge you brood

Life meets storms of varied magnitude

The world is never devoid of the unfair 

It only takes a smile to uplift your mood

A grin, even forced, allows joy to be renewed

Smiles prevent relations to be spoiled beyond repair 

No matter how bitter a grudge you brood

A crescent-shaped mouth with goodwill brewed

Is a bowl holding happiness for you to share 

It only takes a smile to uplift your mood

Merry laughter spreads with magic imbued

It propagates to reach people everywhere

No matter how bitter a grudge you brood

It only takes a smile to uplift your mood

By Shih-Fang Wang

From: United States