How could I be otherwise?

maggie and milly and molly and may

went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang

so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and

milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and

may came home with a smooth round stone

as small as a world and as large as alone,

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)

it's always ourselves we lose in the sea

e e cummins (selected poems 1923 - 1958)

I am happy, for I have known happiness in my life and I have known love. I feel love. I am loved.

How could I be otherwise?