This poem is dedicated to the fond memory of my father who left this world almost twenty-two years ago. It feels like yesterday whenever I think of him. <br /> <br /> <br />Come Back With a Smile! <br /> <br /> <br />Come back with a smile! <br />You would always say – <br />whenever I left for school. <br /> <br />A smile you perpetually had <br />on your face each day – <br />for you knew how to celebrate life. <br /> <br />You taught me to dream; <br />you taught me to walk; <br />you taught me to smile; <br />you taught me to laugh. <br /> <br />Your caring words; <br />your comforting voice – I no longer hear. <br />Your absence I feel each and every moment. <br /> <br />Come back with a smile! <br />You would always say – <br />whenever I left for college. <br /> <br />And I always came back <br />with a smile each day – <br />waiting to hear your caring words <br />and comforting voice again. <br /> <br />You made me fall in love with numbers; <br />you helped me hone my linguistic skills; <br />you made me appreciate every kind of music. <br />With you it was never-ending fun. <br /> <br />Your positive frame of mind; <br />your undying passion for life; <br />your calm and cool demeanour - <br />I still see in your picture by the bedside. <br /> <br />Come back with a smile! <br />I imagine you saying <br />even after twenty-two years <br />whenever your thoughts come to my mind. <br /> <br />Geeta Ashok <br />22 June 2010 <br />11: 11 am<br /><br />Gita Ashok<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/come-back-with-a-smile/
