Friends

Winter has come
some shiver, some revel…

Old shoes and warm clothes
that look at you
with their longing eyes,
but you turn your face
away from your old friends,
as you bring and wear new ones,
bcoz you can afford,
and those old ones
get dumped in a corner of roof
or just thrown away as garbage…

Everything has its use,
if it reaches the right person
at right time,
and that time is here
when you can find
people and children
shuddering with cold
under their tattered clothes…

Friends keep changing,
take your old friends
out of your house,
and find their new friends,
the needy ones
to make both of them smile
with the warmth of your love,
that will naturally bring a smile
not only to your face,
but also somewhere 
deep within your heart…

–Kaushal Kishore