HAPPY INTERNATIONAL HAPPY DAY!!!

HAPPINESS

I walked down the street
As though in a dream…
Around me life passed by
The hurry, the worry
The unending strife…

Before my eyes
I saw none of this…
My mind had received an urgent
Message from my heart
Saying ‘Dream!’

Loyally my head began to work
My eyes saw a baby elephant
Trumpeting aloud as it ran
Between the traffic’s ins and outs…

I crossed paths with cars and buses, bikes and trucks
And as they went their way and I went mine
Smiling, I told myself,
‘What a variety of scent bottles these are…’
I breathed in smells of
Lavender, Jasmine, Rose and Lime!

In this way
I went on
Street to street
Block to block
Dreaming a happy time!

Every whiles I set my eyes on
Scowling, bitter and secretive faces
I pictured the folks wearing these expressions
As living posters of them whose happiness had been stolen!

I waved and said hello, pretended to not know
Which way to go…

They told me, each one in turn
Curtly, grumpily they spoke
But then I smiled in thanks
And when this I did, their faces lit!

And from my heart, I made a wish
That their happiness to them
Be returned quickly…

Then I walked home
Happier than before
My mind at ease, my heart dancing
With every beat…

To bring forth happiness from
A single wish, a fun thought
What a gift to share with oneself
And an unhappy lot!

                                                                FREDERIKA MENEZES