A Smile

When you wake up in the morn

With a feeling of “all gone”,

Do not go around forlorn,

     Meet it with a smile.

If the sun will not come out

Do not poke around and pout;

Put your somber thoughts to rout,

     Meet it with a smile.

If your job looks hard today,

Piled up seemingly to stay,

Don’t have feelings of dismay,

     Meet it with a smile.

If a bill comes in to you,

Which has long been overdue

Don’t convert the air to blue,

     Meet it with a smile!

March 2, ‘09