HAPPINESS

Show me what happiness looks like to you
Is it cherry blossoms slowly opening up when spring comes?
The smell of lavenders on the fields when you go for walks?
When you go home at the end of the day 
And hear running footsteps down your steps 
And the creaking of the door that opens to a smile 
Getting into tiny little arms that are telling you 
You did alright and you are home safe 
Happiness is right inside their embrace. 

Show me what happiness looks like to you
When you are having an awfully crappy day
Can you find the sunshine within?
Even if there is no reason for a grin? 
Will a cheerful greeting from a stranger be enough?
When the going gets tough
And when you wish to just survive the day 
Is happiness really kindness working its magic 
On someone who is trying to go about her way.

Show me what happiness looks like to you 
When you’ve had about enough 
When you’re just trying to keep your head above water 
Or when your coffee is too bitter 
It’s just one bad thing after another 
With the clawing and gnawing anger in your heart 
When all you want to do is fall apart 
Is happiness finding time to forgive?
And letting go of all the anger that is brewing from within. 

Show me what happiness looks like to you 
When all you want to do is hold his hand 
While you love from afar 
And you long from where you are 
But the reality is this
You weren’t born for his kiss 
So you tell yourself you’re happy too 
If he’s with someone who loves him true 
Though not with you
Is happiness watching love unfold for the love you hold 
Even with the breaking into a thousand pieces of your heart?

Show me what happiness looks like to you 
When you watch her last breath 
And her eyes slowly empties 
And you sing her a sad song 
Hoping your voice is the last she hears 
As you drown in your tears 
Do you tell yourself she’s in a better place?
And you hold her tight for one last embrace 
As their wails become her last farewell
She is the only one who loved you well 
You can’t tell
If happiness is in all those memories 
That opens up the wounds again and again 
As you try to remember her smile and the love that came with it.

They say happiness is in moments 
And in moments we have lived
We can’t always be happy 
As we can’t always forgive
But how do you bring out moments of happiness 
When you’ve lived your share of hurts?
I hope happiness quietly comes when you need it the most
Like someone who is silently loving you
Like a long lost friend
Like the night
Like a ghost.