I was born with a smile
the nurse doubted whether
it was a smirk or lip trick
making her wonder at life's
jokes of logic defying humour:
she gave me a smart slap
I cried laughing tears
and they all became happy.
This is what happens to me
when I smile someone is baffled
when I laugh they get angry
I eat with a smile but they frown
I read everything with joy
but the words, lines phrases
hit me with combative tragedy.
Life is sad, mad, bad, hard
the words all I read in school
I muttered and laughed what I read.
I laugh in pain
smile at loved ones call
I divert my attention
from the serious rumination
after all the unshed tears
too need a way to be drained out.
Shall I drown in my tear floods
and die an ordinary death.
Sabita Sahu
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