Happiness
is teaching yourself
to smile
even for people
who do not deserve it
And even that in time
will become effortless
When is it easy for you to smile?
When I am
not trying
As Times Change
so do rules. I am
no longer afraid
of what I want.
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
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