We are wired for delight

and equipped for pleasure

and so how lovely it is to

witness the ways gladness

can spread across a room

carried along on currents

of luscious laughter and

the contagion of giggles

Our taste inclines itself

toward sweet happiness

which hurries and leaps

into any crack or opening

and blossoms there

while smiles scatter seeds of

blessing in all directions

How exciting to experience

glee as it gallivants along

blowing the lid off the confines

of shoulds and cannots

as surely as the old jack-in-the-box

that finally bursts out of hiding

after being wound

too tight for too long

How delicious it can be to witness

joy jump over or jauntily stroll

around our daily concerns

and difficulties

creating irrepressible waves

of hope and possibility

in its wake

from the heart, mind, and pen of Minx