And than he smiled

In my ebony hours,
I have seen no beauty,
I have seen no true light
I have known no true love
I have known no peaceful night
I have known no truly good woman
I have known no truly good man
I have seen no angels
Yet devils, so many, and so little this world can stand
In my ebony hours,
I have seen no saint
I have seen no God
I have seen only the images of what love is
I have seen no war that could heal my inner nation
I have seen no child without some form of starvation
I have seen no soul left in this old world
I have seen it die and curl up and again unfurl
I have seen through the tears in my eyes that darkest night
I have seen the death of my soul tonight
I have seen the loss of that last sweetest blessing
I have seen,
Yes I have seen,
But now there is one thing I remember
And one thing alone
I remember a smile
From a man with blue eyes
A single smile
Yes, only one
He gave it to me
And it is what I will take with me till the end of my days
I’ll take it with me to light my way
A single smile that gave my aching heart what it longed for
A thirsty mind will drink it always
As my hand rested there on his face
He smiled at me
With such radiant grace
It may have only been for a moment
There may have not even been a good thought behind it
I may never truly know why it pleased me so
But I know
That smile
Will be with me when I go
One touch of grace, one touch for me
When the darkness falls
And there is nothing left for me to see
I have…one…smile… with me

Nice.

This absolutely blew me away

Thank you, i am glad you liked it, grins

thank you so much, you made my heart happy.

so very touching, amazing write

Excellent write

It's amazing how one person can truly change a world, the world!

Wow. This is (did I say, Wow?) I like the wallow and the self-exit from the muck, so to speak.