A LOOK AT LIFE-97 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MIHANTY BE WITH ME You have seen the world So also I You have travelled a lot Dined and wined So also I I matched your steps in every field Be it in air, water or on earth People recognise us from a distance We have nothing to prove Our success is our trademark I have so much to share The same may be with you Now there is the much-needed leisure We have been looking forward to since long Let us for a change sit together for a while Share our feelings And look at each other The way we used to When I was your sweet bride And you are my handsome bridegroom What are you looking at? My eyes, cheeks, neck and skin Yes I have grown old So also you We are struggling to keep us young By hiding ourselves in heavy makeup But our wrinkles tell the real story Our mirror says we are not the same As we were long before Do you remember When I last told you I love you and you reciprocated It must be long since We are staying under one roof But we have not met since years Whenever we met, we met in parties As strangers Can you recollect How our kids smiled and started walking For the first time Their first nursery rhyme Progress report and parent teacher's meeting Their petty wishes and trifling demands How they grew up and developed Socialising with faces Which are not their father's and mother's You have hardly seen their childhood These moments will never come You have missed them forever We never lived We missed our life Our life is the story of our success Parade of ego and nothing else We have lost all those beautiful moments Which could have been ours I don't want to go outside No more I am hungry for success I want you by my side Let the 'I' merge in you and 'you' in me What remains is we Our tears and smile I have enough tasted that saltless curry People call success You are my world And I am your love. Let us celebrate life Be with me I will be with you Right in front For the rest of life Enjoying every bit of it, Listening to its symphony Relishing the moments And be with its ebb and tide Smruti Ranhan Mohanty© #poemA LOOK AT LIFE-97 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MIHANTY BE WITH ME You have seen the world So also I You have travelled a lot