Saturday, December 29, 2007

Happy Tomorrow

I think I will be Happy tomorrow
When the day gets short and cold
When I reach my desk with a tingling nose
Draped in wool and gold

I know I will be Happy
The day the Sun loans
Some of His aimless morning rays
To shine on my collar bones

I know Happiness is there
Just about a station away
And then I will be as merry and free
As the guitar-man on the Subway

I know I will be Happy tomorrow
Even as the morning I wake up to today
Sounds as sweet as the notes
That make up a perfect day

Even as the little white ones turn to gray
And leave a rain-kissed lawn
For me to get out of my shoes
And walk barefoot on
Even with the oven that announces
The birth of blueberry muffins
Or the empty moments of Nowhereness
That this generous day brings
In spite of everything right now
That seems to make me smile
I would love to postpone my Happiness
Just for a little while

For I know that the precious Tomorrow
Will bring the silver lines
That the gray ones that showered today
In their haste, left behind
I can't be dishonest, I know
I do feel a little bright
But I know that I can be Happier
On the other side of this night

For all the complex definitions
That my Yesterdays seem to teach
The Joy that is due Tomorrow
Seems oddly out of reach!

But beyond this idle boredom
And reveries that I seem to borrow
I know there waits for me
A Happy Happy Tomorrow.

6 comments:

Alien said...

This belief is important
To preserve and carry each day

Oft we lose todays happiness
Brooding over what
Awaits us tomorrow

Saee said...

@Alien..
Yes, I am really fascinated by this trend of 'postponing' happiness. :)
Thanks for the comment. :)

शिरीष said...

Sai This is THE ATTITUDE everybody should have.DO you rememeber Annaajoba's words quated from Oshos
lectures on Budhha

One should live from moment to moment.Sai people forget to live in their present and always live either in their past or future and then the life becomes miserable.
You are now singing the songs of life which will only spread happiness which will radiate to everybody around you and also who are away from you(like us).
You inspire me my little daughter.
Thank you for your wonderful post

Saee said...

@ baba
=) Thank you.
I am just glad to have a fan like you.
Yes this poem is a result of some serious brainstorming session with Ameya the other day.
I always bore her with my philosophies. :)
Love ya!!

Junius said...

brilliant!!!
for mylself maybe.. it doesnt matter what tomorrow brings..i dont know :D!!

Saee said...

@ Endevourme
Yes, it does not matter to me too, this is representative of a lot of voices that talk to me. :)
Thanks for dropping by!