Happiness is a
State not confined
To borders it
Is a declaration
Not an evidence
It isn’t found
But generated it
Isn’t the result
Of something else
Happiness simply is
Share your happiness
With those beleaguered
By despair it
Is a silent
Gift spread it
About like rich
Soil prompting more
Happiness to blossom
In your world
Having is not
A sin neither
Is gathering keeping
Is
If one has
It must be
Given and shared
This is communion
Take what morsels
You possess a
Crumb a drink
Even your smile
If you are
Rich enough to
Have you are
Wealthy enough to
Offer to others
Including your love
Give freely often
Is not love
Love in countries
Far and wide
Love is judged
Love is the
Presence of God
If He has
Given one the
Capacity to express
It then He
Is the only
One to judge
To whom it
Can be shared
The day starts
Dark with passing
Car lights shattering
My room like
Searchers flashlights looking
Familiar music plays
Like calming lullabies
Soothing the remnants
Of bad dreams
Messages from far
Off friends litter
My phone like
Smoke signals seen
On far off
Mountains reminding me
That I’m not
Alone this morning
There is loneliness
And then there
Is alone loneliness
Is personal loss
A missing a
Once there was
Someone there gone
Now like rain
Which once saturated
Alone is strength
A knowing of
Who you are
Why you are
And being solitary
Allows those that
Are lonely to
Find warm happy
Comfort in you
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 