Happiness Blooms Through the Gloom

Happiness doesn’t come knocking at the door,

Happiness is something you work for.

Happiness is what makes you smile,

The one of many things you wake up for.

 

Happiness is…

The persistent ringing of the dreaded alarm clock.

Through our dreams and fantasies with sharp chimes

Yet, giving us a new meaning and purpose in life

A semblance of normalcy in COVID times

 

Happiness is…

Our schools that opened new virtual vistas 

When doors were forced shut by the incessant lock-downs

Teachers zooming into our homes from theirs with desperate smiles,

Hiding their troubles and fears behind beautiful virtual backgrounds 

 

Happiness is...

Entering a meeting before the teacher logged in

Chatting with friends and sharing virtual grins

Watching a DIY video on another screen

Videos off while wiping the breakfast plate clean

 

Happiness is…

Our teachers, our beacons, our rays of hope 

Making us work, stretch, paint, sing, and dance. 

When the Idiot Box was babbling viral numbers 

You helped us cope with all that trance!

 

Happiness is….

The warm waft of cookies and fresh bakes

Skills we got a chance to try our hands on

The family fun chatter that gave us new bonds

As those busy rushed times were now gone

 

Happiness isn’t all about laughing,

It’s making others laugh too.

Happiness is a strange thing,

It can make the saddest ones sing.

Yes, it is a great thing,

It doesn’t heed slave or king.

 

So, spread happiness all around, 

spread it my friends don’t be greedy,

Spread it to both the rich and needy,

Because you can never have enough

Of happiness, laughter, peace, and love.