I welcome the known happiness <br />Felt in the past somewhere in time <br />When again they show up their face <br />I know them from their trodden roads’ grime! <br /> <br />I welcome the known happiness <br />That once visited my address <br />When they are back on my door <br />After years’ recess! <br /> <br />Welcome old happiness I tell them <br />Hug them and dust off their travels’ grime <br />It’s not dead yet is burning the flame <br />Of my hope you would be back one more time! <br /> <br />They stay with me like good old mates <br />Tell me they regret they were off for so long <br />Hail me for having not closed mind’s gates <br />Then leave me leaving the trail of their song!<br /><br />Pradip Chattopadhyay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-known-happiness/
