Your smile—

a ray of light

that keeps glowing

in this aloof world.

I want to catch it,

hold it tight,

lock it deep

inside my heart,

so that rippling curve

might keep warm

my forlorn soul.

 

©2026, Vasiliki Papadopoulou

 

 

Image: Credit to Bernd Dittrich

 

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