Smile Once For Me

Smile once for me,
let loose, those lips that curve in a contagious way,

I hope it was something I said.

Can I get that bend to repeat itself?

Can I make it sustain?

Smile with me,
as we create our own inside jokes.
Come with me, take my hand and hold it tight.

Let’s fall in love and never cease this grinning.

Let’s hold onto this feeling of falling
as a smile for the both of us.

Never take agreeing-hearts for granted,
or everything stops spinning. 

Smile once for me,
when we both can’t help ourselves from feeling,
even in a letter let me remember that giggle.

I smile for you,
because of you.

Ten Steps at a Pace

Take me ten steps at a pace,

a shot of bourbon, and an arm around your waist.

A twenty-inch smile,

as we coast at dusk to desert, a curve for each mile.

Give an ounce of trust,

that we’ll move on up, as we dwell,

on how many times we fell.

It’ll seem like we must,

or at least try to adjust, this small journey of love.

In a day, or one last year,

it’ll all come down,

to time will tell.