Happiness?

What it is..
Is an assuring hand held suddenly and tightly.

What it is...
Is a mother's hug after a series of demanding and disappointing days.

What it is..
Is the warmth of another body permeating through cardboard walls of persona.

What it is..
Is a tattoo, marking a companion for life on your body.

What it is..
Is a cheese-burst pizza.

What it is..
Is shared laughter with a lover/brother/sister/friend who got lost in the turn of years.

What it is..
Is a love that refuses to leave or shy away in the trying torpedo of time.

What it is..
Is wine drunk like milk by a thirsty child waiting to be condoled in warmth and familiar fragrance.

What it is..
Is redecorating you loneliness with art. Art of others and yourself. Learning and fulfilling.

What it is..
Is the first cigarette of the day in a winter night when smoke and fog are indistinguishable.

What it is..
Is beauty of ideas expressed and heard, in class, in the world or within.

What it is..
Is documenting time through roles played as a performer and audience.

What it is..
Is despite numbing tribulations, a needle feeling as intensely as a hug.