The Lost Smiles

The lost smiles They flash across the screen in an agonizing procession The siblings, nieces, cousins, children Forever stuck in time The lost smiles Who could they have been? Teachers, doctors, lawyers? Gone forever in the blink of an eye, the pull of a trigger The lost smiles They no longer cry For where they reside no tears can be found Here, they still flow free The lost smiles They deserve action The time is now! Protect the smiles still here! The lost smiles Their memory-the motivation for change So perhaps one day there will no longer be Lost Smiles