Happy Birthday!!

If I told you a girl, whose smile’s like a riff
Short sweet rhythmic and yet stiff
It sways you of your feet and lands you on the moon,
You think you are the king of the world
and yet, no better than a loon….

When sighted from a distance you ponder
Is it me or is it someone else yonder,
Who got the coveted prize of a resplendent smile,
one that resembles a star spangled sky on a moonless night
courteous coaxing carefree coy makes you forget the world defile……

a smile that can be as inviting as a lemon tart
and yet can be colder than the devils heart
a smile that has the power to hale and heal,
the might to melt a despot, dethrone a tyrant, dreck a diamond
dimples that demean your demeanor, a shimmer so surreal…..

dazzling, snazzy, gleaming, beaming,
a twinkle, a glimmer, a spangle, a shimmer,
a glint, a sheen, dazzles umpteen,
scintillatingly phosphorescent, radiant and fulgurant
as transparent as a raindrop, of effeminate charisma
yet shrouded with mystery, a perplexing enigma


like the warmth disseminated by a smoldering hearth
like the fragrant whiff of raindrops caressing the parched earth
like the waves that moisten your face as they crash ashore
like listening the giggles of someone you adore
like the sunshine glistering through the autumn trees
like unfolding an ancient map, all yellow and creased
like finding loose change in an old pair of jeans
like discovering a picture of your parents in their teens
like the gentle touch of a swaying feather
a smile that’s more than all of this put together…..