Literature
i pity your smile
I saw you from a distance,
smiling a half smile only you knew
how to smile
and in that smile
I saw a hint of pity
I pitied,
seeds of regret watered
by your indecision,
a pity that those seedlings
sprouted, roots seething
into the corners of your mouth
and your eyes unseeing to the way
they twisted, and pulled on your lips
till a smile slipped into your expression;
a pity that smile only you could smile
was one of regret, remorse,
a pity your smile wasn’t a smile
at all, but instead a lopsided frown.