Something I Look At-419 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-419
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

Before I Leave

I am with you
as long as I remain

I love you
accept you the way you are,
even when you change,
even when your thoughts drift
and your heart turns elsewhere.

You are a part of me—
and I will not let that part
be hurt while I am still alive

I pray for you,
not loudly,
but in the way I breathe and that will see you through the violent weather and virulent sea
And oh, when you smile,
it gives me the strength
to stand again
in the beauty of life.

All I ask is that you smile.
It gives meaning
and adds life to my remaining days

Before I go,
find someone kind—
to fill the silence,
to walk with you,
in sun and storm,
in bloom and rain.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
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31.5.2025