When the smile is sadder than the sigh......

[my first attempt at the poetry genre :) ]

Hold me close,

Let me be near,

Before the dreadful hour beckons,

And you disappear.

The tear that defiantly rolls down,

Will eventually pay its price,

Yet I shall never reveal to you,

this forlorn disguise.

Your wings are too precious,

Never allow them to be bound,

Fly away, as far as you please,

Let me bear my heart’s deafening sound.

When you leave your footprints on the sands of time,

I will know sheer joy,

Revelling in my own world of merry,

As I see the worlds become your plaything, a toy.

You try and re-live our moments together,

Thinking they might ease out the pain,

It’ll make letting go harder than the impossible,

A futile exercise, from which there is nothing to gain.

Afar I may be,

Let your sight deceive you,

I will be that invisible presence, ingrained in your glories,

Absently present in your view.

I may be a friend, mother or even a lover,

Anticipating the agony I will have to laughingly endure,

But the promise of being made a delightful part of your feats,

For my devotion to your triumphs is undyingly pure.

How I wish for this moment to be beautifully frozen,

An eternal photograph,

As I bid you the inevitable goodbye,

You will never ever know,

that my smile was sadder than my sigh.