Smiling Poem by Liz Connolly

An overwhelming din enveloped me
And maybe I need more self control
But I just couldn't help myself when I smiled
In the intamacy of my own small party
The room was full and the laughter was blind
bouncing off the walls and those ensconced upon them
It wasn't my house and I knew not a soul
But I smiled

I crossed the nonexistent floor
Slipped through nonexistent places
Split the literate conversations carelessly but quietly
As an entity I covertly hid
Beneath the stars behind the door
That held the crowd that laughed and lowed
And the world was hosting itself for once
But footsteps follwed and when they do
You just can't help but smile.