Smile!

I’ve  learnt to smile 

Oh how I love to smile

I’ve learnt to put my hands on my head and smile

Sometimes through tears

And oftentimes I guffaw

At the intricacies of life

At it’s complexities

And the imbalance of it all 

For life has a way 

A windy way sometimes of making you pause 

I smile when I think of 

Friends not so dear

Of families not so near

 

I’ve learnt to Say

So long 

On windy days

On blistering days

And take out the suitcases, If life calls for it

And not wait around so long

If that’s the path to take

And clear my closets

Of certain clutters 

And some cobwebs 

And still Smile

I’ve learnt to take a walk 

On lonely streets that leads to nowhere

And still find time

To pause and Smile

Even on days when my heart is soaked in tears , shattered 

My soul remains hopeful

Blessings still counted

 

For always is not forever

Sometimes is not most times 

The things abandoned can be reclaimed 

Those forgotten 

Can still be remembered 

When you say So long!

Leave room always 

For welcome back

Nothing is cast on Iron

Life is so fleeting

So often times hug

Find time to love

Take time to pause 

Welcome back 

Your loved ones 

Smile

 

Even when the loads of life presses its weight on your soul

Leave room for a glimpse 

A mere glimpse of hope 

Find time to smile 

And even laugh 

For what is gone 

May be gotten back 

And as fleeting as life is 

I got you

And you got me 

So exhale and smile 

It’s all about the human connections 

The appreciation of life 

The ululation of the world 

In the face of utter madness, confusions 

Even,

In the wake of our daily grind 

 

Sour days 

Smile

Impossible days 

Smile

Teary days 

Wear a defiant smile and face the world 

For life is not in the abundance of what you have 

Nor in the complexities of the pains

You go through

Nor the challenges that never ends 

Nor the promises unfulfilled 

Nor the voices of shame

But in our abilities to triumph, win 

and overcome absurdities and pain in all it’s entireties 

Our connections

The warmth of love and the embers of possibilities 

The eyes of hope

And the supplications of courage 

Mostly,

Makes  our life’s connections beautiful 

 

We brought nothing to this world 

It is most certain 

We’ll take nothing out of it

So find time to love

Find time to give 

Find time to live 

Find time to serve

Put on the whole garb of your dignity 

Allow yourself the freedom of peace

And Smile