She smiles the way

Only a girl with 

A secret can smile…

A smile just for her –

From her – 

Not to be shared

Or given away 

To anyone else.

She smiles the way

Only a girl with

A secret can smile…

One that accompanies 

The music in her

Heart…that only

She knows the 

Words to.

She smiles the way

Only a girl with 

A secret can smile

….privately…

Feeling the invisible

Fingers of wind

Trace her lips,

Her shoulders,

Her spine…

She smiles the way 

Only a girl with

A secret can smile…

With a deep joy

Often tinged in a sadness

That is as welcome as

An old friend.

In the empty days,

In the quiet hours,

In the loneliness

That echos in the

Corridors of her mind

….she smiles….