Smile

A love letter to myself

I hunted for a long time

Looking for myself

Checking in all manner of places

Under beds…behind trees…in closets

Out in the open…at work…at play

Occasionally I spotted myself

Usually on the run

Moving fast

Making sure no one could catch me

One day

I halted and stared into a mirror

The instructions said to stop and smile

I did

An image grinned back

And the mouth spoke

A strange language fell across my ears

Down around to my toes and back up,

“You lovely thing!”

©kcasady2014