HAPPINESS
I walked down the street
As though in a dream…
Around me life passed by
The hurry, the worry
The unending strife…
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!’
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…
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!
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!
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!
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…
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!
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…
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!
A single wish, a fun thought
What a gift to share with oneself
And an unhappy lot!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
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