missing

My smile is missing,

It just went away.

Tried as I might,

It just wouldn’t stay…

I never told it to leave,

I’m not sure why it went.

Did I force it too much,

And it simply was spent?

It’s been missing now,

For quite a long time.

Will it ever come back?

Will it ever be mine?

Is it lost forever?

When will it return?

Where has it gone?

Will it ever adjourn?

It was so long ago,

I must not have noticed,

The last time I had it,

It seems I should know this.

If I cannot discover,

The reason it left,

How will it come back?

How can it be kept?

It seems I’ll forever,

Be missing my smile.

Hopes of return,

May just be denial.