the sweetest smile
from this tiniest face
paints playful palettes
of gold and green
across my quiet soul
one look is all
appalling stealth and
wealth and leaving
artless deceptions dangling
in petulant wonder
for this, my lords and
ever torporous ladies
is what life really looks like
when languid you decry
the brightness of day
George Ellington 
Shabbat shalom to you and all of yours, George!
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And peace on this Sabbath to you and yours, my dear friend.
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Lovely… and I learned a new word. :)) (~ says a reluctantly torporous lady. ;))
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Makes me wish I had used that particular phrasing: reluctantly torporous. That’s really good. I’ll have to save that one for a later verse.
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Didn’t mean it as a critique, quite honestly… but thanks… I guess. :))
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I really need to get into the habit of using emojis. See? I’m not even sure how to spell that word! Bloody git! Sorry. I was smiling when I wrote that response, dear. I didn’t feel criticized at all. Just enjoying your humor. … Hmm, okay, uh, now how do, uh, how do you make a winking smily kind of face? 😉 Is that it? And this is precisely why my 16-year-old daughter suggests that I was alive during the dinosaur days!
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Muahhhhh…. melted my little heart which was just about to turn into a rock lol 😂😂 but seriously. 😳🧗♀️😸 Thanks big time for the smile George… love it, and you are funny. 🙏😊
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The happy smile of a child, is a wonderful thing, magic really! It brings a smile to your lips and joy to your heart! Thank you for this beautiful poem and the magic of your sweet daughter!
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Oh indeed, Annie. And thank you.
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