Poetry-Happiness

I know

I know
There is happiness
I felt it
In the nap I took
On my aunt Zari’s lap
And
In the curry sauce I love
                       I know
                       There is happiness
                       I saw it
                       In the white
                       Of my life’s first snow
                       And
                       In the dark
                       Of the Van Gogh’s Starry Night
                                                                       I know
                                                                       There is happiness
                                                                       I sensed it
                                                                       In the ring of a phone call
                                                                       I received
                                                                       From who I love
                                                                       And
                                                                       In the last drowsy moments
                                                                       Before I fell asleep
                                                                                                       It flashes in my memory
                                                                                                       For a second or two
                                                                                                       So I know it’s there
                                                                                                                                       It’s hidden
                                                                                                                                       In the sandy shore
                                                                                                                                       Of my childhood
                                                                                                                                       In the turbulent sea of youth

                                                                                                                                                               I know it’s there
                                                                                                                                                               So real in my fantasies
                                                                                                                                                               I can almost touch it

Happiness

I know there is happiness
I felt it in the nap I took
On my aunt Zari’s lap
I savored it in the curry stew

                 I know there is happiness
                 I saw it in the white of my first snow
                 And in the dark of Van Gogh’s Starry Night

                                                 I know there is happiness
                                                 I heard it in the ring of a call from one I love
                                                 And I hugged it in the last drowsy moments before I fell asleep

                                                                         It flashes in my mind
                                                                         For a second or two
                                                                         So I sense its hazy presence
                                                                         It’s buried in the sandy shore of my childhood
                                                                         In turbulent sea of youth

                                                                                      I know it’s there
                                                                                      So real in my fantasies
                                                                                      I can almost touch it.