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HAPPINESS

It never rests on human nest
But still man builds a hope
Where it wants to harbor what never nestles
It comes with new zeal and spirit
Brings about spring and sunshine
Man forgets all pain, all anguish
All pride, all malice
The only thing that never ends by sharing
It neither dies of but then it hides
It may slid off, it may escape
For it is the rainbow bird that flies off

Deeds carry on incessantly
Man never ceases to work
Yet happiness doesn't land all the time
It does not hover upon the mantle every time
Yet man craves all the time its presence
This company isn’t for a lifetime
It is not the kind wish that every time god gives
Still when luck desires, it comes
Once again man tries to wed it, put in knots
Forgets he that it is not the beauty which can be beholded..

("Annukutty",Photo copyright,Anoop Anand A*;2008)

Why has god made man so helpless?
Happiness is the mirage, yet it stands as the destination
Like the sun’s burning radiance, it is the bright ray
That can be never glared, and never captured
Without it life is impossible
For it is vital, it is essential
Its search continues throughout
In the forest, in the crowded cities
In the plains, in the mountains
In the woods, in the deserts
He finds it at some distance of his journey
And when he tries to hold on it vanishes
The quest never gets quenched
The thirst never dies off
Will ever god grant happiness?

It acts as the driving force, the unifying spirit
It can be the alchemist, it can be the conjures
It can be the healer, the magician
Whatever may be the fate of this search, nobody can stop
The slightest tinge of happiness transits the mortal
It is the first drop of rain on the thirsty soul
It is the first cool breeze for the tired body
It is the peace for the disturbed...

-Arya
(*Anoop Anand A, 3A, also known as RK, is a Flickr friend of mine,a S/w engineer, not the least a well talented photographer, settled in Trivandrum. Thanks to 3A for sharing this photo for my blog page, justifying the title of this post..."Happiness")