I was too old to walk
Far too big in my own house
Yet a smile was ever-present on my face
I bought a muffin for my best friend
Since the world was too big for him
He sat on the steps of an old cathedral
Looking sick and pale
With dirty clothes and old bags
Ones that he gathered for no reason
And yet he had a smile
The only thing ever-present
He tried to speak with everyone
That same smile on his face
Yet no one responded
Being shunned a basic normal
And thus he waited for me
Waited for the only one who replied to him
I brought the muffin to him
On foot through the entire citywide
All for his smile
As I cut the muffin on his birthday
Celebrating our smiles
Just one more time
Manasa Kaliki is an author and poet located in India. She predominantly writes Haikus, and in
the occasion that she does write a poem, focuses on topics such as ‘Nature’, and ‘Relations’, and her observations on life.