Happiness

I was riding my scooter

on the roads of my city

I saw a family on a scooter

a child in front another sandwiched

between his mother and a carom board

I was touched by what I saw

a twang of joy in my heart

There will be joy in their home

when they play on the carom board

Small small joys are what make life

all you have to do is look around

Lots of us wait for the big one

Life slips by joyless waiting

The big one never arrives

Joy is everywhere

it is for you to pick it up

Enrich your life with these

Little ones

For me joyful laughter

of a little one is worth

all the gold in Fort Knox

K.V.Radhakrishnan