Where Have All The Smiles Gone?

Story ID:	3356
Written by:	Bobby O'neill Mitchum (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Phenix City Alabama U.S.A.
Year:	2007
Person:	SELF

Where are all the smiles
each and every one?
There used to be a million
but now they all have gone.

You could always see one,
on the faces of passer by's
but now there is only sadness
in those lonely searching eyes.

Most are talking anxiously
upon those old cell phones
and even in a crowd now,
everyone seems so alone.

You used to hear from everyone
a kind "how do you do"
from a lot of different people
that you never even knew.

But now you see only sadness
and mostly just a frown
as you stroll along the sidewalk
when you go down town.

Where did all the smiles go?
i only wish i knew
for i miss them dearly
and i am sure that you do too.

So stranger,share a smile
as you pass along your way
and maybe it will return to you
upon another day.