Smiles of Joan

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Smiles of Joan

Out of the cage of breath,

In some concrete expressions

Perceptible by the senses,

The white nights are filled

With the light of her childlike faith.

At the door – the welcome,

Joan gives a gracious look,

Then she smiles

In her own special way

To keep life aflame for me.

And I feel the warmth of the moment,

Of the heart of the child

Through the nights significance,

By the resourceful wall of her searching –

For acceptance, affirmation, and simplicity.

Joan, the warmth of her every sigh,

Helps me find my dreams in her smile

A stronger sense of serenity,

As I truly feel her innocent faith

Pointing me in the way I should go,

In valiance she motivates me,

A craving for her cheerful laughter

In fabulous notes of reality,

Of her dreams and hopes and desires

Now expressing her being.

And in the silent prayers of her gaze

I see my brighter tomorrow

That’s just ahead in the horizon

In frames of living – shape and color

Of the so many options of life, and ways to grow.

There’s beauty in Joan’s directional smile!

She takes me beyond my next thoughts and wishes,

A step forward, the process of new interests,

To joyful memories of childhood,

A candle at the rise of dawn in every window,

Hope in the face of tomorrow

Taking aim at every good – right now,

From the flames of supportive believe

Of a child’s rain of excitement

Challenging an adult’s status quo,

As the voices and scent of children playing rise

Where the welcome is shared without prejudice,

And everyone listens with heart interest

To stories and feelings of openness

That a childlike heart can reach to dry tears.

Now from the depth of my soul

A thousand glowing embers of Joan’s smiles

Spiraling upwards through my blood

Like every molecule of water in a fountain,

And my bones and flesh resounding

As Joan answers my human functioning

And mirror’s the needs of my inner self

With warmth and amusement in every child’s face,

In an eternal play of “let the children come to me”

Reachable and certain in Jesus’ words,

Running into my stream of importance

That her playful child’s heart,

Supportive of all her watching Angels

Pulls me through each day

To appreciate life through the eyes of her smiles.

Photo Credits: Billy Abwa