Diets, mantras, bedtimes,
doses, meditations —
happiness has been forecasted.
A million rules later
one unruly mind, one quarrelsome heart
refuse to be coaxed from orbit.
After all,
what can overpower their chemical dance?
Well, a sunny day, a groaning violin,
or a tender smile.A million rules laterand I’m still on trackto surrender to the twisting winds.
The Well 