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Open Poetry #36

Happiness

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-12-27 02:37 AM

Some say happiness is emotion on a block
awaiting the fall of axe to annihilate the lot.
Some say a treasure chest unopened in the sea,
some believe it’s me when allowed to be free,
but always it’s elusive and cannot be defined
in my shortened concept of eternal time.

Yesterday my happiness was the ‘you and me’
and tomorrow it could be the living of a dream
but today come the rain and a cloudy day
I wonder why it left and didn’t take away
the sky, the sun, the moon and stars,
and the beat of every heart.

Some say happiness is a breath of fresh air
and the silence of a single little prayer.
Some say it’s the pleasure of a lover’s arms
and the many facets of a woman’s charms
but I say happiness is an existential quest
because we don’t know it’s nestled in a breast!

Helen / 27 December 2005

majnu

Senior Member

since 2002-10-13

Posts 1088
SF Bay Area

1 posted 2005-12-27 02:44 AM

inspiring.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2005-12-27 02:49 AM

Thanks, majnu. I appreciate the read.
Helen

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2005-12-27 12:09 PM

Helen

So true! Happiness is within each one of us. I always appreciate your wisdom.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

4 posted 2005-12-27 12:13 PM

A treasure, Helen! I think I'll send this to my kids.

.....jo

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2005-12-27 02:47 PM

Thanks, Martie and Jo. I think one only thinks of happiness when one gets older because when we're young we haven't seen the other side of the coin yet. The pity is that we always do some how or other.

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