Make Me Smile
I see a little boy picking up trash
He walks around with a bag
And places item after dirty item inside
I ask him why and he says because someone has to
He makes me smile.
There is a woman on my street
And every Thursday she mows her elderly neighbor’s lawn
She doesn’t get paid
And they don’t thank her
But week after week
She’s there
She makes me smile.
There is a girl who stays after school until five everyday
She’s not studying
Or in any clubs
Or waiting to be picked up
She’s helping the janitors clean
I ask her why and she brightens up
“Because the school is so big”
She makes me smile.
I was in the lunch line today
And a boy didn’t have enough money
He sat back down, face red with humiliation
Another boy came over and sat down with him
He brought over his friends
And they all gave the boy some of their lunch
They make me smile.
Happiness is fleeting
And it’s not always true
But the only happiness I need
Is to see humanity at its finest,
Because people helping people
Is what makes me smile.