Be Happy, Don’t Tell Anyone (Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets | Merry Christmas 2024

Be happy, don’t tell anyone.
Go places, don’t tell anyone.
Experience life, don’t tell anyone.
Pamper the inner child, don’t tell anyone.

It’s a sad society, the news of
your happiness stirs up only jealousy.
The more you crave to publicize your joy,
more you’re stripped of your tranquility.

Your happiness doesn’t need
anybody’s stamp of approval.
Happiness kept private is
happiness invisible to the jungle.

What the jungle cannot see,
the jungle cannot destroy.
Be kind to all, but bare to few,
joy broadcasted is the end of joy.