A Look -353 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

A LOOK-353

Your Smile

Please Smile
I have seen enough tears—
Swallowed every drop of them.
I have seen enough pain—
Felt it, endured it,
Lived through every ounce of it.

But I can't see you suffer anymore.
I can withstand
no more tears,
no more pain and agony

Please—
Bid farewell to pain and sorrow,
To agony and despair.
You deserve a life
Much better than this.

Please smile—
If not for yourself,
Then for me, at least.
Your smile means everything—
Yes, everything.
Don't deprive me of it—
The only anchor of my life.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
13.7.2025
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