by Navin Rajendran

Created on: July 25, 2009   Last Updated: August 07, 2009

Smile, my friend!

You smile at me when I greet you,

but your eyes let you down.

There's no warmth in them I see;

just simple courtesy!

I'm sure that if you spoke to me,

I'd spot your forked tongue.

It's just as well that I play dumb;

your words could leave me numb!

Oh ! Why is it that you go on

wearing those wretched masks?

Is there so much that you have to hide?

Can't you see I'm on your side?

Somehow, somewhere along the way,

you've lost touch of what is real.

You can't even judge wrong from right;

I can't bear to see your plight!

You've been blinded by greed, my friend.

Money is now your god.

You've got everything a man could ask for,

but you still want more!

You think you're going up, my friend,

but all you're doing is sink,

deeper and deeper with each passing minute,

into a bottomless pit!

You've parted ways with ethics and sense

and now you're lonely and lost,

simply because the roads you've taken

are the ones the wise had forsaken!

You've got none but you to blame for this,

but I still say there's a chance,

'cos there's something with which you cannot part;

it's the goodness of the human heart!

It lies within you, look and see.

Search within your soul.

It's a treasure you thought you never had.

When you find it, you'll be glad!

You've been taking now for far too long.

Now it's time to give.

Show the people that you care

and that your joys are theirs to share!

That's the path to follow, my friend.

You'll never again be lost.

You'll realize then how blind you've been.

There's so much that you haven't seen!

And then, when the shroud is gone,

you will clearly see;

your wealth lies in the friends you know

and at the rate their numbers grow!

So the next time that I smile at you,

I'll be looking into your eyes,

hoping that when you smile at me,

there's warmth and love I see!

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