Ode To Happiness

Ode to Happiness

Happiness is elusive
It perches on the shoulder for a while
Flying off in an instant if not nourished
O, Happiness, the search for you began
With first breath
The struggle to find you is unending
And unquenchable
How sad that you dwell inside us
All the while
And no one looks for you there.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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December 13, 2017 at 4:05 PM
Lovely poem Yvonne
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December 13, 2017 at 12:25 PM
Hello Yvonne Uzzell.A very beautiful poem.It truly reflects feelings about happiness: unending and unquenchable.
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December 13, 2017 at 12:10 PM
Love the way you closed this at the end! So very true we often search else where then for what already lies within us. Beautifully expressed :)
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December 13, 2017 at 10:30 AM
Hi Yvonne. This is a great one. I love it.
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