Solomon Ochwo-Oburu Poet Quatrain

I Am Looking For Joy

I am looking for joy
the form I can mouth
the one I can freely chew
and swallow without choking me

I am looking for joy
but before me is standing
an Ocean- deep, wild with tsunamis
tornadoes, hurricanes, warring

I am looking for joy
but I have got  the underworld
loaded with guitars and musicians
singing only funeral hymns

I am looking for joy
but can I squeeze joy,
from this chaotic sea of pain?
occupying the hearts of this She?

The one I have got
writes ridicule with her tongue
paints sorrow  with shopping list
cuts me deepest with her blunt heart

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James Horn September 13, 2017 at 6:59 AM Joy and Happiness Are found in right places; Then can see happy faces Joy and happiness enjoying; No one ever am annoying. Jim Horn Solomon Ochwo-Oburu September 14, 2017 at 8:58 AM But I thought I would squeeze from anything or anyone. I believe God created everything perfect and so it is perhaps my duty and anyone else to see the brighter side of things from abject darkness