Happy Smiles

The more we age, the more our memories take center stage.

The past is a vast reservoir of all we did and didn’t do or could

And couldn’t do.  There are smiles to tile every floor in the house

And tears to fill the tubs. Our fears leer from behind the closet

Door and more are stored each passing day.  How it will end

Will depend on how we tilt the kaleidoscope to open our many

lives or close them down with a happy smile or an anxious frown!