Happiness Poem by Robert Rorabeck

I saw you riding your bicycle
Through the magnanimous puddles
In your dreams.
You were riding around in your
Childhood, riding around without a care.
When you saw me standing by the verge,
You looked up and smiled.
I smiled back and waved at you
Then settled back beneath a shady
Tree and watched you playing with
Your bright new toy.
You played all day and laughed,
And tossed your head back with joviality.
Then I could see that you were something
New and wholesome.
You were complete inside yourself,
And when you stopped to catch your breath
You would sometimes turn my way
And cast yourself on me with a friendly look.
I could tell you were trying to share your
Happiness with me,
And for that day I felt warm and carefree,
As your presence made my worries crawl away
And hide in dark places,
So all I knew was you riding around
Enjoying the motion of your being.
That was the only time I can remember
I was ever happy….