The old couple, sat on a bench,
in the park, where trees and plants
are abundantly grown, beside
a water body and mountainous landscape.
The sun has already risen up,
scattering dark orange light rays.
Pretty wife began to chat with her
husband – “good morning , darling,
When did we enjoy such a beautiful
winter morning like this, the most
In the past ? ” when we went to a park with
our child; “ said he, she patted his shoulder.
Can you remember how old our son was then ?
on his first birthday in a park and then in a French
Museum, where we had seen the Mona Lisa painting.
Wife persisted to tell him, their son’s age, now;
He told about his poor memory, many times;
Monalisa, smile; Is he forty three years old now ?
How can you forget that, darling ?chase back;
How old were you, when your son was born ?
“Thirty one ; show the legendary smile,Monalisa”;
Tell me your age now, wife insisted; “I am seventy- seven; Praful must be forty six”, he stated further.
In that painting, Mona Lisa didn’t have a perfect smile.
“Well done, my boss, now you walk around,
I will go to the cafeteria and come back soon.”
Saying this, she walked away with her vanity bag.
After spending half an hour in the coffee shop,
she returned to find none there, she gazed at him, afar,
raised hands, called him to run back and he did.
Both of them sat on the bench, she poured
hot coffee in a paper cup and gave it to him.
He took a sip and held the cup towards her lips.
She took out a cake and asked him to cut it ;
He put a piece into her mouth; after having a bit
she pushed the rest into his mouth with a smile.
Husband whispered, can’ t understand
the expression in Davinci’s masterpiece painting;
“Is Mona Lisa looking at someone close to her?”
Wife said, “of course, she is looking at her husband,
who is for her, she is a real Florentine woman.”
Your smile resembles hers, retorted husband.
Incidentally my name is also Monalisa;
You may have doubts about her alluring smile,
as it’s not a broad smile, but it shows the sitter
In the same way as the Juniper branches and
it’s a visual idea of happiness as in “giocondo”,
She hides her smile from the public view- wife said.
Further, Mona Lisa’s clandestine smile connects
nature and humanity with the mountainous
landscape behind, harmoniously blended.
Her expression is both aloof and alluring
and has brought universal fame and she
looks enigmatic, dignified and graceful, said his wife.
**
Medhini
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Thank you Soman and Lima team so much for selecting and including my poem in your magazine 💕
Later I modified this poem a bit. That’s okay.