(dedicated to Ms. Patricia Petibon, a great soprano) <br /> <br />Where is happiness? <br />Why it doesn't show up lately? <br />Why it doesn't sound lately? <br />Why it doesn't feel lately? <br /> <br />or we don't know it <br />don't feel it anymore <br />don't see it anymore <br />don't want it anymore <br /> <br />Who's deserve it? <br />Who's need it? <br />Who's deny it? <br />Who's is it? <br /> <br />it feels <br />when you feels <br />someone else <br />feels it <br /> <br />it sounds <br />when you hears <br />someone else <br />sings it <br /> <br />it shows <br />when you sees <br />someone else <br />paints it <br /> <br />it rounds <br />when you are there <br />with someone else <br />works on it <br /> <br />it depends <br />how much you care <br />how much you dare <br />how much you need <br /> <br />it fragrances <br />in the blossom <br />of your flowers, your forests <br />of your smiles, your gardens <br /> <br />it dances <br />in the charming <br />of your pets, your seas <br />of your laughs, your children <br /> <br />it walks <br />in the colorful <br />of your trees, your lakes <br />of your rivers, your mountains <br /> <br />it jumps <br />in the joyful <br />of your Birthday, your parents <br />of your beloved, your friends <br /> <br />everyone deserve it <br />everyone need it <br />no one deny it <br />nothing like it<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lesson-of-life-happiness/
