<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><h1 class="entry-title fn poem-title-space" itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; padding: 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">“A Gift To Share” </h1><h1 class="entry-title fn poem-title-space" itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; padding: 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/user/alora-m-knight/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; text-transform: capitalize; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(66, 90, 105); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important;">By Alora M. Knight</a></h1><div class="entry-content" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p id="poem-full" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 24px;">I was given a smile the other day<br>From someone who passed me on their way.<br>I wasn't sure what I should do. <br>Perhaps, I'll leave it up to you.<br><br>If I should keep it for myself,<br>Put it on the kitchen shelf.<br>Then it would be a certainty<br>To bring some happiness to me.<br><br>Somehow that doesn't feel just right<br>For me to keep it in my sight<br>When there were others who might need<br>A waft of warmth, oh yes indeed.<br><br>It doesn't take so very much,<br>A cheerful smile, a gentle touch,<br>To lift the cloud another bears,<br>To help them feel somebody cares.<br><br>There is one thing we all should know.<br>A smile is like the candle's glow.<br>No matter how many candles share<br>That light, its fullness still is there.<br><br>So when I go out on the street,<br>No matter whom I chance to meet,<br>If I share with them my precious smile,<br>Do you think that will be worthwhile?<br><br>For hopefully, they too, will understand<br>That a smile is like a helping hand.<br>I'm hoping that you will agree<br>And someday share a smile with me.</p></div><br style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br style="font-size: 16px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div></body></html>