What Makes Me Happy?

Story ID:	2925
Written by:	Virginia Allain (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Organization:	none
Story type:	Poem
Location:	East Wakefield NH USA
Year:	2007
Person:	Virginia Allain

If happiness were a color,
It would be the shifting shades of blue
As a deep lake viewed from a kayak.
If happiness were a taste
It would be just like clam chowder on a chill, rainy day.
If happiness were a feeling,
It would be as relaxing as sitting surrounded by tall trees.
If happiness were a smell,
It would be sweet as old-fashioned roses
creating a carpet by my deck.
If happiness were a sound,
It would be the uniquely haunting call of a loon
celebrating a New England summer.

(photos I took this summer in New Hampshire with a Canon A550)