Smile?

With the clattering wheels-

‘I’ heard a wagon-

Passing by-

I rushed to the window- [Ragged!]

To see

The mounting sun-

And

As usual-

To see ‘him’!

 

‘He’ carried the oodles

Of the ‘stones’ to the cliff-

And

Sighed!

(Wiped off his sweats!)

 

His sweats as weary as him

Stumbled down

And vanished in the space!

 

Like every day…

One thing was common in him

He wore-

The same “smile”-

As he had in the bygone yesterdays-

 

I looked at-

His “smile”- that remained alike-

Despite of the hurdles-

He had-

Every day !

 

His “smile” was concealing!

The flux of pains & grieves

Still he managed to “smile”…

 

After all,

I never judged him

By his “smile”!

 

For me-

Smile is a hide-out!

For billionths of melancholy truths!

 

I never judged him

By

The zenith, he stands today,

the sweats, he lost

and

the pains, he masked!

 

I judged him

By

“The Dust”- he roused from,

To the paramount!

 

Should I “smile”-

To veil-the fact

that- I am not smiling?

 

 

Vacant-went my lips!

 

So,

All I did-then-

Was-

I bowed

I “smiled”

                        -For him

And went my way…

 

 

 

Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel “Hridayaninadini”

2:30 am, Saturday- 3^rd Dec-2011

IISc

Not all-those who “smile”- are happy !

Photocredit: Marsha Elliot

Reviews

[Amna M.]

A smile can definitely cure all the sadness in the world, that is, if it's felt truly and whole-heartedly whether it be for yourself or for others!
Well-done!! A powerful poem that speaks immensely about the nature of the appreciative ones and the shame that we, individuals who are given everything, should feel for taking the essence of life for granted.
Thanks for sharing and keep going!

[Mauricio Montoya]

Some of us do take things in stride and hold them in.
Nice work.

[Inyourshadow]

Sometimes a smile is worn because we can it's free and no one can take it from us it is ours and ours alone, maybe he wore it for the same reason to show that like those stones life could not wear him down.

Lovely imagery, keep em' coming

[Dayran]

Self love as self approval is a healthy experience of the human body as we preserve our positive natures. Self love as a play that grows bored of itself and finds another to serve as polyanna is a curious and long-term play of faith and life. A poem with shades of love for the ' Mayan.'

[Lively]

Nice and sharp...........

[Lily Mae]

"For me-
Smile is a hide-out!
For billionths of melancholy truths!"

Powerful and true.. excellent write...x

[The Insanely Vibrant]

"Not all-those who “smile”- are happy !"
you know very well I have nothing to more to say or quote. :) Good job

[Dushyant Thadani]

I love this poem... Smiling is a mask for so many many people... However while unmasking them they are increasing their pain... They are the people who need moral support... But I am proud of people who can do that...

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

A terrific creation...