Poetry

Little Things

Do you think you know the gravity of kindness?

Do you know the agony of heartache?

Have you felt a friend betray you,

like a hard stab in the back?

What you considered the most important thing in your life,

what you thought would never leave...

Did they leave?

You’re thinking your world is over.

Between the stress of life in general,

And all other “dreadful” things happening,

How will you- how can you move on?

You’re looking for a smile.

A joke.

Anything to make you happy.

No one seems to care.

No one seems to notice.

Why don’t people pay attention to you?

Walking down the hall, you continue to have these thoughts.

Everyone walks past you, staring down at their feet.

Except for one.

You’ve never talked to him, never acknowledged him, pretended he was a ghost.

But he looks at you, and smiles.

He. Cares.

Now you realize how just one, random person made you feel like you were in different universe.

So why don’t more people do tiny things like this?

That question has yet to be answered.

But you do know that a smile that took one second,

Changed your whole perspective on life.