Would You Smile? — Summary

If I said I liked your eyes, Would you smile? If I said I liked your voice, Would you smile? If I told you your hair was fluffy, Would you laugh?

Would you smile if I said a bad joke, Or just stare at me? I'd love to hear you laugh, by the way. To hear you talk for hours. You have the kind of voice perfect for reading. It's very pretty.

Would this poem make you smile If I shared it with you? Or maybe You'd look away, embarrassed a loser found you cool?

In case you can't tell, I like you. We should be friends; it'd be really fun. I'd tell jokes and stories- Would you smile then- Or I could shoo. But please just remember the boy Who wanted to be friends with you.

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Here, a speaker works up the nerve to tell someone he admires them, and he does it by asking questions instead of making statements. Would you smile? Would you laugh? Each question lets him imagine the compliment landing safely before he risks saying it outright. He praises small, ordinary things, like their eyes, their fluffy hair, and a voice he thinks would be perfect for reading aloud, which makes the affection feel real rather than rehearsed.

The mood is sweet, nervous, and a little self-mocking. He calls himself "a loser" and pictures the person looking away in embarrassment, so his hope is always shadowed by doubt. The ending slips into awkward, stumbling lines ("Would you smile then- Or I could shoo"), which suggests his nerves taking over. What he finally asks for is modest: friendship, and to be remembered as "the boy who wanted to be friends with you." It reads like a confession from someone who expects very little but can't stay quiet.

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