SMILE
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Last published Thu, Mar 28, 2019
Don't keep an old wound open
With a memory from the past
Don't dwell upon the sadness
And the shadows that it casts
Don't spend your life regretting
Those dreams that went astray
When something sad upset you
And fate stepped in your way
Life is meant for living
And what is done,is done
Don't bear a grudge or malice
On what was lost or won
Good health, true love and friendship
Are all we need to own
So laugh and the world laughs with you
But weep and you weep alone.
Afifa.A.Shaikh
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