A Smile that Burns

Reflecting on the kind of smile that is true, you feel it as it slowly warms your inner parts, like a fire being stoked on a cold night. It burns upward and out, reaching the eyes, creating and leaving love wrinkles in their wake. The kind of smile that cannot be pushed down, the kind that cannot be squashed; the one

yes you know that one that comes back roaring like a fire doused with kerosene despite the winds that try to out it, and it shines, even when it appears to be all embers, pouring out like sparking confetti.