Faces
(2nd Annual Issue Competition Poem)
-Suchithra Pillai
I saw a face today
Just a normal face
I don’t know who he was
Neither did he knew me
But still we smiled
Strange but true
It happens to every one of you
Thousands of faces we see daily
Few we ignore, fewer we notice
But still they pass by us daily
Just a handful we remember
Just a few we notice
But many leave a mark
A smile or a smug
That lasts for a while
Neither we know who they were
Nor do we trace them
It’s just for a second or two
Still they become part of our lives
Unknown and uninvited
Those faces remain unknown
Sometimes not even recollected
Yet they are part of us
Somehow visiting our lives
Few enlightening, few gloomy, and few smiling
Making us wonder with awe
What to name them- these faces, those moments.
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Suchithra is a writing professional with 12 years of experience in content creation that spans around a wide range of business verticals, right from newspapers, magazines to websites, social media, and now Artificial intelligence. Nothing excites her more than having new acquaintances and writing stories about the wonderful journeys and unexplored talent out there.
In her spare time, you would either find her sketching, scribbling down some thoughts in paper trying to find a rhyme or story out of small things or expressing her love for dance on stage. : )
Beautiful and very meaningful poem.