Come Back With A Smile!

This poem is dedicated to the fond memory of my father who left this world almost twenty-two years ago. It feels like yesterday whenever I think of him. Come Back With a Smile! Come back with a smile! You would always say – whenever I left for school. A smile you perpetually had on your face each day – for you knew how to celebrate life. You taught me to dream; you taught me to walk; you taught me to smile; you taught me to laugh. Your caring words; your comforting voice – I no longer hear. Your absence I feel each and every moment. Come back with a smile! You would always say – whenever I left for college. And I always came back with a smile each day – waiting to hear your caring words and comforting voice again. You made me fall in love with numbers; you helped me hone my linguistic skills; you made me appreciate every kind of music. With you it was never-ending fun. Your positive frame of mind; your undying passion for life; your calm and cool demeanour - I still see in your picture by the bedside. Come back with a smile! I imagine you saying even after twenty-two years whenever your thoughts come to my mind. Geeta Ashok 22 June 2010 11: 11 am