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Happiness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Aarohee B. Desai
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 198 , Issue 4 , April 2011 , pp. 268
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2011 

Over the rocks

Beside the ocean

Beneath the heaven – Happiness!

The dim-dusk

The mild mist

Darkness all around

And above adorns the heaven –

A gentle brightness

Orangish pink – Happiness!

Wondrous shapes

Displayed by clouds

Against the tender background

Synchronous movements

Of ocean waves beneath

And hither…

A dash on the rocks – Happiness!

A melodious tune

Carried by the breeze across the sea

Far – a boat afloat

A chain of light

Like pearls woven

The company of one's dear – Happiness!

Holding life together

Faith, Hope, Motive… – Happiness!

Aarohee B. Desai is ST5 in general adult psychiatry, Highgate Mental Health Centre, London. Another of Dr Desai's poems was published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal.

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