Sunday, December 4, 2011

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- 3rd Dec-2011
IISc
Not all those who “smile”- are happy !



2 comments:

  1. "So,
    All I did-then-
    Was-
    I bowed
    I “smiled”
    -For him
    And went my way…"

    BEST LINES !! :)

    this reminds me few lines (not mine), hope u understand hindi,
    "woh jo bewajah muskurata hai,
    na jane kitna gam uthata hai,
    ek aansu hai uski aankho mein
    jismein sagar bhi doob jata hai"
    :)
    A.R.T.

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  2. Good one ! Nice picture as well.
    Do you draw/paint also ?

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