I smiled at you today ...

I smiled at you today ...
A big broad, disgustingly happy smile.
And you were grumpy...
Grouchy...
Not in a mood to return it back...

So I left my smile behind to do its job...
grinning to myself ...
'cos I knew it could make your day
more than I ever could.

It sat there beside you
waiting for a chance ...
to sneak and spread its sunshine...
as You went about your day...

It thought it had a chance ...
When you sat with your coffee,
Your mouth almost smiled
as you cracked that code...
And I relaxed that it had almost got you...
when you put on that music that you liked...
But there you were, frowning in concentration...
happy in your isolation...

And suddenly I come online...
And your eyes lit up ...
And you remembered
that I had left a smile behind
that you had not returned...

Aha !
My smile jumps on to you...
Sneaks into your mind and
enters all the way to your heart
to end on your lips ...

And you break into a smile
to type this :) to me.

                ---- Srividya Srinivasan 7/9/2011