TO THE MANY I LOVE [love poems]

HAPPINESS

If happiness is not just a simple curve on the lips, but,
An ocean of joyful tears, an unbearable pain in the gut,
The scarlet touch and warmth on the cheeks,
A moment of stillness while countless loud emotions the soul speaks,
A feeling of holding the universe in the heart,
And a love that stays the same from the start.

If this is what happiness is,
Then I'll engrave your name on it.

-Laxmi Bhargavi Golla