You once smiled so brightly,
Causing me to smile as well,
But it’s been so long
Since your smile has brightened
My days or my nights.
You once inspired my thoughts,
Giving me an endless stream
Of creative ideas and purposes.
I felt so totally complete
When you were beside me
To encourage all my efforts
And show faith in my dreams.
It seems so long ago
That I wrote my words of love
In poems dedicated to you,
Thanking you for the love
Which you helped me to find,
But now my words of love
Have become words of despair
And longing for the love
Which you’ve taken from me.
So, if you should read an old poem
Which I once wrote for you,
I hope you think of me
And the love we once shared,
Then smile brightly once again.
Jan. 9, 1983
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