Give a Smile – Poem

If you have nothing to do nor even to give

For people who find it so difficult to live,

Simply give them a real, thoughtful smile,

It may be as generous as the flowing Nile,

   Only a smile;

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See, money is like a bird you cannot ensure.

It can make you at ease, desert you and fool.

Give the poor one a mere smile to make sure

With hope you have imbued his empty soul

  Through a rich smile.

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A smile to the sick  can be much healing;

You really don’t know what is in the offing,

But  you do see and feel what they endure;

So smile to them, make it but a bit of a cure,

Your  hearty  smile.

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To children without a safe shelter , no ceiling,

Or bossom to hold them, lend yours to rest in.

Give them just a caressing and  loving smile;

It’ll warm them days and nights long or awhile;

    Just  your smile.

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In the corner sits a sad, elderly man alone,

With a stick supporting his bent backbone.

His memory is a set of past events, a big file;

Break his silent loneliness with your smile,

 Your attentive smile.

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Give the blind one a helpful cheering hand,

The deaf-and-dumb a patient, smiling nod;

Help them on your way to reach their end,

And if you can be of some use, thank God

    For being able to smile!

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Even on an off-day, to the needy keep smiling;

You have nothing to lose but rather a lot to win.

You have some of people’s misery to deplete;

Never be lax on this soothing task, never effete;

   Just go on smiling.