Enlightening Chat Session – Medhini 

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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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  1. 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.

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