As The Smile Is Wiped By And By.......... Poem by lalitha iyer

The charms
of youth
they are wiped
when the darkness sets in

The rosey hues are lost
in the depths of evening sky
when the eyes loses sight
and ears never melodies delight

When fatigue strikes the limbs
when faces twitch in painful lumps
youth is gone and old age groans
yet who has wiped those smiles of lawn........

Every morn I wonder
if it is the last day to wake up
Every night I wonder
if it is my last slumber not to open
the looking eyes to see the best
in earth and above and beneath..........

It is sickening
to loose hours
when hours are so sweet
It is horrifying
to add seconds
when seconds are depressing

Oh god!
give me love
to love the innocent doves
give me smiles
to smell the morning dews.............