The Danger About Happiness Poem by RIC BASTASA

happiness can be
dangerous.

It looks inside you
and closes your eyes
to see
a world in agony.

it settles only in the
confined picture of a family.
son, daughter, dad,
dog, cat
household pictures,
coffee mug,
a private letter,
a box,
a slit
a venetian blind
a feather duster,
a line of shoes
a collection of stamps,
an album
a poetry collection,
a fence,
a secret door
just in case.

have a little of it
just enough
to make you live

a san mig lite
some foams for the night
and then look
around you

sadness helps a lot.
it makes you
a bird.