HIS SHINE WITHIN

My smile is mine but he shines within

The shine in eyes are but his sheen

Though tired my bones, it does not show

I learnt the trick, keep moving, don’t slow

Born with a golden spoon they think

I make myself to look so, in a blink of my wink

When I step out he always sprinkles gold

There goes my age, who says I am old

A trick he plays to cheat you all

He will not let you guess how stand I tall

Oh! Now I am used to the games he plays

Both sweets and words mixed well to slay

See I am alive, see how I smile

This life and sheen are there awhile

From birth I knew, I have come to work

When one is over, the other there lurks

Did someone say that work is worship

I came programmed, to understand hardship

With passing years my glow he enhances

Keep rubbing and scrubbing, only winning chances

For me here after, is that goblet of wine

Kept filled to the brim by the hands of divine.

My smile is mine but he shines within

The shine in eyes are but his sheen

©sunita grover raina 2021

21/12/21

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