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TeaBag
Junior Member

since 2002-06-13

Posts 10
Land of Love

0 posted 2002-06-17 11:39 AM

Tainted Happiness
When I work so hard
To keep people happy
There is something
That appears in my way
Tainted Happiness

I am loved
I give love
But yet, there
Always is
Tainted Happiness

Dancers dancing
People clapping
Someone crying
Tainted Happiness

I lay here now
Happy but sad
Tainted Happiness

"You may find love in all the right places, but you won't find me" -me

elfin_tigress
Member

since 2002-05-15

Posts 101
Someplace

1 posted 2002-06-17 12:01 PM

I don't quite see where this was going, but I did see a lot of truth in here. I think this is a bit more tainted than happy.
A good poem, though!

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

2 posted 2002-06-17 12:08 PM

Oh Boy do I understand this one, Teabag...
Somehow, in the happiest moments of our lives, there is always a bit of sadness...
thats because nobody's life is perfect...
It took me 50 yrs to realize this.

I love your poem.

~ hugs of great happiness

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2002-06-17 12:21 PM

TeaBag,
Agree with Madame Chipmunk, enjoyed the read.

LilTai
Member

since 2002-06-08

Posts 189
United States

4 posted 2002-06-17 12:35 PM

Teabag this is wonderful...lots of emotion and very well written =) I enjoyed reading it a lot...Madame Chipmunk spoke my thoughts exactly, so I won't repeat what was already written...but I really enjoyed this, lots of truth in it.

Tai

I'm an idealist..I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way =)

TeaBag
Junior Member

since 2002-06-13

Posts 10
Land of Love

5 posted 2002-06-17 04:05 PM

Thank you all. I had this in my document of poetry, that I have wrote over the years.. and I wrote this one last year.. during a hard time.. (my husband and I lost our baby..) There probably will be more where this one came from.. since I am still feeling the loss..

-T

"You may find love in all the right places, but you won't find me" -me

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

6 posted 2002-06-17 04:22 PM

Tainted?  Hmmm?  I like the use of this
word within the poem...  gives one the
feeling of just not being quite where
they want to be...  Excellent write, use
of the word..

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

7 posted 2002-06-17 04:34 PM

I understand what is in here.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

8 posted 2002-06-17 04:36 PM

Nice write gal....I had mixed ideas while reading your poem...

[This message has been edited by Toerag (06-17-2002 05:05 PM).]

TeaBag
Junior Member

since 2002-06-13

Posts 10
Land of Love

9 posted 2002-06-18 11:45 AM

Thanks everyone..

-T

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

10 posted 2002-06-18 08:31 PM

I am sorry for your loss. The poem evoked a strong feeling, and an understood emotion.
Sandra

Goodknight
Member Elite

since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

11 posted 2002-06-18 08:35 PM

maybe and ode to the reality of life - no good without some bad - no happy without some sad - you say it so much better than I - Paul

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