Smile Back

I like the one who walks his dog with a bounce in his step
in the rain, snow, wind, or sun, no matter, no importa,
or her over there, preparing the garden for a long white winter.
the most beautiful are those who smile even when you don't,
after you pass by, you may regret not smiling back or saying hello.
who knows how hard their path was on the way to that smile,
behind that smile, there may have been a thousand tears, so many
rainy days without a friend, a mother, a penny, on a bus to
nowhere at 5 a.m. on a Saturday night, finally arriving to
smile, at you, smile back.