That Smile On His Face (To My Father Andrie Varghese Kallarackal) Poem by Alexander Raju

That Smile On His Face (To My Father Andrie Varghese Kallarackal)

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What left with me of my father
Is his last smile, a funny one!
It flashes intermittently
Into the core of my tiresome life,
Spurs and inspires all my attempts!

I was tilling hard on my land
Inherited from my father,
To plant some vegetable seeds,
And he stood leaning on a pillar
Of my too old ancestral house.

I glanced at him; he was watching me
With that grin of satisfaction,
It seemed he was not simply leaning
On that pillar but transformed himself
And became truly a pillar!

For he suffered and sweated a lot
To stabilize our little family,
All his dreams he solidified,
Living more than four score and ten,
Saw his children's children prosper;
Now, I too try to feign his smile!

But what does that smile on his face
Signify? Contributed he,
What he could, and added to life,
Perhaps, it's sacrifice that gives
Meaning and completeness to life!

We're all for our age, do our best,
We foolishly try to adjust
With new generations, in vain;
Better to leave at the right time;
He ran well to complete his race
And left a smile for posterity.

Saturday, May 5, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: memory
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Memory of my father.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 05 May 2018

it's sacrifice that gives Meaning and completeness to life! he ran well and completed his race....... this sentence is biblical. sT. paul say that....... thank u for this great poem and great advice to us readers. how satisfaction of l ife depends on hard work with right intention.. thank u dear poet. Tony.

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Alexander Raju 13 May 2018

Thanks You Dr Tony, hope you will read my other poems too.

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