small doses of happiness

happiness does not
arrive

all at once.
it appears in small
doses

over a life time.
a book well read.

a poem coming from nowhere.

the taste of a kiss,
the promise

of a whisper.
the dessert of love

when found
at last.

rest after a day of hard
work.

a call
from a friend.
the bark of a dog.

a child's blue eyes.

a shooting star.
a cool bed on a summer night.

music.
tears.

laughter.

happiness arrives in rain
drops,

filling up the ocean
of your life.

each a new stream, a new
pond.

a fresh start.
a reason to get up,

to rise.