YOUR SMILE

I have looked behind your smile

to find

the secrets of its success:

I see music so deeply engrained

in your soul

that it's as much a part of you as breath.

Love, laughter and happiness with friends and family;

bonds strong enough to render worry impossible.

A contentment with yourself;

the knowledge that you are who you are.

I see beauty and confidence and quiet solitude -

You are not afraid

of anything -

I see a fierce resistance to ever let anyone down.

Loyalty.

Pride.

And there, tucked behind your perfect teeth,

I see me.

I have looked behind your smile to find the

secrets

of its success

and I have found peace.

Written for (and inspired by) Ross, April 2011.