Happiness

Quick!
Tell me that life is worth living
Quick!
Tell me there's a point to it all
Quick!
Tell me there's joy to be found
Tell me stories of ice cream and apple pie
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of green fields and bues skies
Tell me stories of the clean smell after rain
Tell me stories of friends helping each other
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of sea shells glistening in the sand
Tell me stories of children dancing in the rain
Tell me stories of the games we used to play
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of the stars in the sky
Tell me stories of the elves and faeries
Tell me stories of Santa Claus and reindeer
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of the wind in your hair
Tell me stroies of running until you can run no more
Tell me stories of the moon peeking over the hills
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of the double rainbow over the trees
Tell me stories of the sun rising over the ocean
Tell me stories until the sun sets once more
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of the dinosaurs walking the earth
Tell me stories of the killer whales
Tell me stories of the tiniest insects
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories that make my mind wander
Tell me stories that take me away
Tell me stories so I can't help but smile
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories that I can't help but believe
Tell me stories that can't possibly be true
Tell me stories that have no ending
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of hot chocolate and marshmallows
Tell me stories of fireplaces on a cold winter's day
Tell me stories of hot oatmeal and spices
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories of angels and needles
Tell me stories of good winning over evil
Tell me stories of all beautiful things
I want to believe in happiness again

Tell me stories
Tell me everything you know
For I don't know where I am
And I don't know where I'm going
And I need to believe in happiness again

       -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey  (12.01.2001)