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October 4, 2009
By AlexHeller DIAMOND, San Mateo, California
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AlexHeller DIAMOND, San Mateo, California
60 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. -Mary Anne Rabmacher

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Whenever you smile I feel like my heart might burst.
When the corners of your lips do a little dance that gives me hope.
A smile so brilliant and bright that makes me want to smile too.
A smile no one can resist.
That makes crying impossible.
That makes some far off cluster of stars laugh and twinkle.
Makes the earth sing beneath our feet.
A smile that can never disappear,
Show me that smile and I’ll sing with you until I can sing no more.
Show me that smile, and I’ll laugh until my sides feel as if they might explode.
Smile for me, and I’ll be yours forever.

© Greg K., New Lenox, IL

The author's comments:
i watched someone i loved smile one day, and there was such happiness and magic behind it, i couldn't help but write about it. i never wanted them to forget how to smile that way. i never wanted them to forget they gave me that smile and that i would cherish it forever.
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AlexHeller DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 14 2009 at 9:03 pm
AlexHeller DIAMOND, San Mateo, California
60 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. -Mary Anne Rabmacher

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Thank you very much!!!
TigerLynn GOLD said...
on Oct. 12 2009 at 10:08 pm
TigerLynn GOLD, Maysville, Kentucky
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&quot;She walks in beauty,<br /> Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;<br /> And all that&#039;s best of dark and bright<br /> Meet in her aspect and her eyes.&quot;<br /> --Byron

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I like this its very sweet. MY fav part is when you said it would make some far off cluster of stars laugh and twinkle and also the last 3 lines.