Thanks for the nice compliment. I enjoy writing and if someone likes it thats very nice. I liked this poem mainly because I value smiling and not the polite social smile but the I feel really good smile. I've had some significant loss in my life and I could have gone one of two ways. When I feel good I show it and I don't care what anyone thinks. It's wonderful to feel good, I don't second guess it just take it as it is. This just struck a nerve with me. You really never know how a smile affects the person your smiling at, it's those little things I guess. One more thing the shape of the poem intentional? raskin