A Child Smiled

Hard day
        Endless drudgery 
                Capped by seething innuendo 
Crashing, slashing ankle high, 
Forehead bashing on the wall,

Teardrops just about to burst
Flooding cheek with heavy brine 
From endless oceans dark and deep 
Where evil is her queen. 

Feeling firmly pistol-whipped by 
Muggers unidentified, 
Taken for a Jersey ride 
Where victims often don’t survive. 

Just when hope was all but lost at 
The very edge of hell, 
A miracle on lofty wings…

A child smiled… 
        All is well.

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