If I could send you happiness

We each define our own idea of happiness

If I could send you happiness
I'd line up generous scoops
Of many flavors on your dish
Like down at the soda fountain
When we were young.
Then sprinkle hugs and laughter
Across the cold tops of
Ice cream mountains
Topped by whipped cream


Will you eat it ravenously,
Afraid it will disappear
Or that someone
Will steal it from you
Then try to change it
Into something
It was never meant to be?

Or you could savor
Every bite
Tasting each flavor
Making it last
Till it's gone
Gently leaving
It's sweet taste
Upon your tongue.


MO