LOST SMILE

LOST SMILE

by Sorana Lucia Salomeia

At the windows of your soul

Regrets cast their weary eyes,

They knock at the steamed windows

And find a shelter inside.

For a short time you keep your gates enchained,

You close your eyes

And try to run away in darkness,

Hoping that thus you won’t be found.

You think that darkness is enough,

But no,

It isn’t that way,

It’s not that easy to forget.

Deep memories keep haunting you.

You lose them for a second,

But soon they gather

And start whispering their grief

Into your ears.

You can’t escape their existence,

You can’t escape the shadows of the past.

Tears are bitter now…

A tear of dew

And one of wax

That spring from deep inside your heart

Are now running down your cheeks.

You light a candle

So you won’t get lost

Into the mist of your mind.

Everything is dim and confusing,

Like a rose in the desert,

Like a tear in flames.

Suddenly, for a moment,

It sparkles from the unseen,

Something from the brightness of the happy sun,

Something from the glimmer of a lost smile.

Who did you belong to,

So silent, in this world?

What pure, long lost laughter

Is there to be found?