In Search of Happiness

Doggedly in pursuit,
Of a whiff fresh and perfumed.
Scents reminding of heaven,
Happiness is what it is named.


I searched for it everywhere.
In pubs, malls and disco.
In glitzy modern apartments,
That everyone today calls home.

I also scan the internet,
Hoping for a sudden pop up,
Like a scheme that announces,
Where happiness can be bought.

I travel far and wide,
New hotels and cuisines every night.
Alas, happiness still evades
Nowhere can I find.

Then someone suggested to me
To look inside my head
That is where apparently
Happiness has it's own nest.

There it stays, cooked up, self-content.
As long as it is not disturbed.
Out it comes of its own exile.
Only if called to rescue, by someone. 

Copyright @ Goutam Dutta

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