A stranger passing by,
A kind look in the eye,
A smile, warm and shy...
Smile back... should I?
Why should I?
Its only a stranger passing by!
But she smiled at me... why?
To be friendly, should I try?
Looking for a loophole, I
Let the beauty of the moment slip by
Will it happen again?
Will I be ready then?
Will I catch the eye of anon.,
And be ready to smile back then?
[Inspired by a 5 year-old girl sitting in her grannie's lap - It was dark, and I was passing by them - she smiled reticently while I squinted to get a closer look. I smiled back... :-) Seems like only kids can smile at strangers without wanting anything back from them! ]
© 2010 Praveena Slathia
This is where I put some of the random thoughts that race around in my mind... i.e., if I manage to chase them and catch them in time to put them here :-)
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2 comments:
awesome poem :-) would really like to know who inspired you to write it...
:-) For any future poems I write, I'll make a note at the end referring to the inspiration ;-)
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