TEARS AND LAUGHTER <br /> <br />Our life gets ensconced between our <br />laughter and tears, <br />With sunshine and rain, between our <br />joys and fears! <br />This life is a filigree of light and shadow <br />play, <br />While with our laughter we try to drive <br />our fears away! <br />All our exalted emotions, bring tears to our <br />eyes, <br />But tears can flow freely, while laughter <br />needs tears to survive! <br />Laugh and the world laughs with you, <br />But when you weep, you weep alone! <br />The world has no time for your sorrow, - <br />it remains as your very own! <br />Life’s music is composed with our happiness <br />and pain, <br />Tears provide the somber background notes, <br />And laughter the lilting cadence of summer’s rain! <br />But in this single life, if we can wipe our brother's <br />tears, <br />Happiness will follow, to drive away our tears! <br /> <br />- Raj Nandy <br />- New Delhi <br />- 27 Nov 08<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tears-and-laughter-2/
