Mr. PHOTOGRAPHER.... SMILE PLEASE

The photographer smiles at me..
Says
smile please
adds as an afterthought
open your eyes please

I tell him
And he zooms in
On my eyes
Looks bewildered
A bit perplexed
Then sighs!

In my eyes
he has seen you
moving around
in my dreams
walking down the tracks
splashing around
in the streams....

as you smile
the brightness flashes out
as sunshine
upsetting all shutter speeds
and aperture size
as he falls down
I hold him
Ask him to smile
Open your eyes please..

Somewhere
From distant lands
I can feel your smile
Touching my lashes
Shutting them softly

Whispering in my ears
I am coming back
In your dreams...
GOODNIGHT.....

~Mukul~