Dedicated to Jaye Lewis
Born in Collinsville MS, Lauderdale County to Charles Van Perry Franklin Lewis,
and Jennie (Jeanie) Bell Wilson Lewis
January 13, 1930-July 14, 1955
(Thank you Daddy for my life.)
 

happYness RUNS
hoping it won't trip
when it lost its left shoe
trying to capture tomorrow. . .

happYness HOPES
thinking it just might
. . . just might find favor
in a favorless world


happYness THINKS
giving what it does not have
is a harvest for the future
when the present is everything
except. . .

but happYness!
keeps on running. . .
and running. . .and running
regardless of how many times
life runs over it. . . regardless
of how many smiling faces
pretend to be the real deal
when the deal was raw
from the beginning. . .

and when happYness
feels like it just can't
TAKE no more, then
somehow. . . SOMEHOW
with a silent prayer of
sacrifice. . . and a second
wind that's four months
past due, happYness
looks up at the mountain,
finds a rope, triple-knots that rope
to The Anchor, summons the
strength of 10,000 Samsons,
and behold, before its very eyes,
the mountain eventually moves.

© 2006 cynth’ya lewis reed
all rights reserv’d

(Author's note. . . SEE THE MOVIE!!!)


(REVISED VERSION)

happYnesss RUNS
hoping it won't trip
when it lost its left shoe
trying to capture tomorrow. . .

happYness HOPES
thinking it just might
. . . just might find favor
in a favorless world


happYness THINKS
giving what it does not have
is a harvest for the future
when the present is everything
except. . .

but happYness!
keeps on running. . .
and running. . .and running
regardless of how many times
life runs over it. . . regardless
of how many smiling faces
pretend to be the real deal
when the deal was raw
from the git go;

and when happYness
feels like it just can't
TAKE no mo', then
 SOMEHOW. . .
with a silent prayer of
sacrifice. . . and a second
wind that's four months
past due,

happYness looks up at the

crags of  Mother
Qomolangma

takes hold of a hemp rope,

then triple-knots that rope
to The Anchor, and then
summons the strength
of 10,000 Samsons

. . . and behold, before it’s very eyes,

 even the grandest roof of the world
can’t help but bow in submission,
and move on out of the way.

© cynth’ya lewis reed 2007, all rights reserv’d. . .
(revised.  .   . March 13, 2007. .  my first born’s 30^th birthday.)

(Chinese)
Mt. Zhumulangma (Pinyin)

Mt. Qomolangma (Tibetan)

Mt. Everest (English)

P.S. The Anglo version of the Tibetan word describing what non-dynasty explorers call Mt. Everest, is pronounced the same but spelled two different ways with the English alphabet:

1.  "Chomolungma"  used in several books,  and the original which is used in this poem with the "ch" pronounciation, 2. "Qomolangma"

(In honor of ancient Sherpas, I selected 'Door # 2.')
        
 More knowledge on this at:
 http://www.chinapage.com/mountain/qomolangma/qomolangma.html