THE HAPPY FRIEND

Once I had a happy friend

Twice you wrong him

Thrice he forgives you

He always wore a smile

He made the worse look better

An epitome of an optimist

A trait I still can’t fathom

I perceived he had a perfect life

Until he narrated his story;

His mother died at his birth

And his father unlawfully remanded

For the first time I saw his sad face

‘Daddy did nothing wrong,

He only scolded a Richman’s son’

For that he’s been away for five years?

And there I stood in dismay

Wondering how he still smiles

So I gathered courage

And asked of his little secret

As usual, he smiled

Tapped me on the shoulder

And said ‘it could have been worse’

In five words he brainwashed me

And I too became a happy boy

For whatever that life serves you,

Just know ‘it could have been worse’