LAUGHTER

                   

The day your laughter let you down

Everything was moving towards the end

Beaming bright colours were going to fade

Dry wizened leaves concealed the fertile ground

Gloomy gray clouds were obscuring the shining sun

Exhausting in my heart  joy ,mirth and fun

All my dreams seemed to tumble down

When a subtle soft smile elated your face

A ray of sunlight streamed through the clouds

Spreading a glint of hope in the heart you cast down

 Shyly announcing an early spring inflow

To the prolonged painful freezing lawn

Nothing but laughter could simply avow

A forgiveness that made hope inside me grow

The leaps of laughter were the lines you draw

To inspirit our love and limit our souls’ sorrow

Nothing but laughter can sweep a grief and end a woe

As a luster granting life a steady glow.

                                                 Houda Boukassoula

                                                     18 / 12 /2017