Paid With A Smile

I don't write for fame or fortune

Or even to set myself free

I don't even care if it's good or bad

I write of the things I see

I look with a different pair of eyes

A different point of view

For that's what poetry is all about

Showing what I see to you

It's all about letting someone see

Things in a brand new way

"That's something I've never thought about"

I strive to hear them say

Sometimes it can even change their minds

By something they've read or heard

Wouldn't it be great to change the world

Through the power of a single word?

I really don't care about the money

For that's just not my style

Instead of all the fame and fortune

I'd rather be paid with a smile