LOST SMILE
by Sorana Lucia Salomeia

At the windows of your soul
Regrets cast their weary eyes,
They knock at the steamed windows
And find a shelter inside.

For a short time you keep your gates enchained,
You close your eyes
And try to run away in darkness,
Hoping that thus you won’t be found.

You think that darkness is enough,
But no,
It isn’t that way,
It’s not that easy to forget.

Deep memories keep haunting you.
You lose them for a second,
But soon they gather
And start whispering their grief
Into your ears.
You can’t escape their existence,
You can’t escape the shadows of the past.

Tears are bitter now…
A tear of dew
And one of wax
That spring from deep inside your heart
Are now running down your cheeks.

You light a candle
So you won’t get lost
Into the mist of your mind.

Everything is dim and confusing,
Like a rose in the desert,
Like a tear in flames.

Suddenly, for a moment,
It sparkles from the unseen,
Something from the brightness of the happy sun,
Something from the glimmer of a lost smile.

Who did you belong to,
So silent, in this world?
What pure, long lost laughter
Is there to be found?