Another poem inspired by a quote

The Stuff of Smiles

“A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.’ Victor Hugo from Les Miserables

Your face is worn with winter woes,

Its contours bleak and bitter.

Your eyes are grey, with flecks of ice,

A vaguely perceptible glitter.

But when you smile the sun breaks out

In mellifluous, liquid rays,

Banishing the winter

And setting your eyes ablaze.