A Lesson

I laughed with dried tears
fell backwards upon my bed
and smiled enchanted
sinking into a cloud

like a child recovering
delicately from a spanking
flushed cheeks and puffy eyes

and once again that damn
happy grin returned smitten
plastered across my face
over a lesson unforgotten

~Emily Loren Moss Ferrell
written 06/11/2010 3:01 pm est