A Smile That Set My Heart Ablaze!

As I walk through the lonely streets,
Dancing before my eyes I see,
The smiling eyes of damsel fair,
That once set my heart ablaze.
Her golden hair, pretty eyes,
The thought of which makes my heart leap,
Her playful laughter,her swaying golden locks,
That set once my heart ablaze.

'Tis all become a memory;
A memory sweet yet bitter.

Beautiful was she but greater still,
'Tis was her smile that won my heart.
I look at the flowers in my hand
And they smile at me.
I wish! I wish if here she were
I'd adorn her hair with these flowers.
But Oh! Fate has not been kind enough;
Nor has Luck smiled on me;
For the smile that once set my heart ablaze
Has faded and is forever lost.

- Sharon C Raju