My heart it looked so hardened,

And had lost it's lustrous glow.

Softness was no longer there,

Now only frost and snow.

I sat me down to take a look,

At who I had become.

Of those I felt had hurt me,

Then tallied up the sum.

I thought of those I'd slighted,

Laughed at, without a care.

All calculations added up,

I sat down in my chair.

My heart just could not take it,

In the end just no one wins.

A mean and wicked look,

And the hardening begins.

So I took a smile and wrapped it up,

With love and warm sunshine.

I spread it out to each and all,

Yes rainbows are sublime

Linda LaRae Adsitt

Copyright 1999