Happiness...

What are you?

Sunshine on my upturned face...

Melted dark chocolate coating my tongue...

The rose peach hues of clouds at dawn...

The bubbling laughter of a stream...?

Happiness...

Where are you?

In the gleam of stars at midnight...

The sparkle of a diamond...

Within the rose as yet unfurled...

The haunting tune of a lullaby...?

Happiness...

Why?

Why are you fleeting and inconstant...

Hard to find, harder still to let go...

Why do you come only when unlooked for...

And hide when called by name...?

Happiness...

When?

When will show yourself in full...

Stop your game of hide and seek...

When will your arms around me be...

When will you return to me...?