The Happiness I Seek Poem by Kishore Asthana

Though, indeed, it is most inviting
O Rumi, I seek not happiness thine
For I am too human and at this time
I have no wish to become divine

Along the riverbank, water whispers
Wings of birds murmer and flap
Beetles scuttle below buzzing bees
Leaves rustle, twigs snap

In this world, firmly on ground
I dwell in silence amid the sound
And wish I could feel, in my heart awhile
The happiness I've seen in a baby's smile

Kishore Asthana