Today I learnt..... The Simplicity of Happiness

There was no sun,
As I lay on the damp grass,
With no blanket beneath me,
With no jacket sheltering me from the icy breeze,
Staring up into the stormy clouds,
Watching them tumble and roll without moving,
And I was still.

There were no cheerful songs,
sung by morning birds,
to send me to a higher place,
With the trees rustling loudly,
As if breaking free from captivity,
The thoughts occupying my mind were overpowered,
And I was numb.

Surrounded by few people,
who were not well known to me,
Surrounded by food,
that was not my own,
As we lay in that grass,
we were as together as apart,
And I was peaceful.

With nothing but myself,
and the world that engulfs me,
I was happy