Smile

 I just read “Tony Bennett Sings ‘Smile’ for You” by David Kirby 

in which he strangely combines commentary on the song and the songwriter

 Charlie Chaplin, as well as a story from the concentration camps and a meeting 

of Holocaust survivors years later. David does that kind of thing and makes it work.

 Reading his poetry always makes me see how the seemingly 

discordant parts of my life and existence actually weave together into a whole. 

And that is worthwhile to remember and makes me smile.

I can keep going

When I find a way to smile

And look to the Light