Smile Power Poem by David Whalen

A smile can be loose
A smile can be tight lipped

It can be acidic
Or be in honey dripped

A smile can be heart rending
If tendered in sad farewell

And also be heart mending
Quite curative as well

A smile when one is needed
Can be the lift one needs in life

Can be so slight as to go unheeded
Can be the salve to soothe one’s strife

A smile given in greeting
Can melt the iciest kind of soul

Given broadly or in fleeting
Given partially or in whole

A smile can be easy to conjure
Can be false in all it’s construction

Inappropriately timed can injure
And can cause much grief and destruction

It takes twice the amount of muscles
For the face to form a frown

Yet only half as many muscles
To turn that frown upside down

It’s not given the respect, that it’s due
It’s not always used in the best way

yet is also the best expression one can use
To make the best impression…throughout each day

One final thought
before this piece is past…is

That people who are too tight with a smile
Are usually drear and tight-assed!