SWIRLING HAPPINESS

The world’s got a
Lilt in her step
Spring in her flight
Revelling in
Intoxicatingly frisky delight.

Nature’s frost bitten fingers
Tickle her spine
She smiles a bit, giggles awhile
Proceeds to guffaw with glee sublime.

The world’s
Paddling in the pool
Of garrulous grins
A whimsical tippler, a fool

Misery and Pain,
Passers-by quite strange
Ephemeral as evening rain.
All worries, stark sorrows
Flung carelessly
Into swirling chasms of happiness
Sucked into the vortex
Of giddy gladness
They flounder uselessly.
Moisten your lips
With the nectar of mirth

The world’s glugging unabashedly
In doubt or despair
Laugh uproariously
Or do you fancy a tranquil beam?

The world’s waltzing with joy
All smiles and laughs
Frolicking fantastically
In dizzy abandon
She pirouettes and whirls
The dance of ecstasy.


Malvika Parthasarathy
Cluny Convent High School