Happiness



Can I ask you some questions?
Why do you evade me so often?
Why does it feel like I’d be better off in a coffin?
Why do the ones around me seem to have you so easily?
But why does it feel like you just want to tease me?
Why do you make me question if I’m worth it?
Why does your absence make me feel like I’m living with no purpose?
Why do you always seem so close but somehow so far away?
Why does it feel like when I wake up your goal is to make sure I have a bad day?
Was it something I did in my past life to make me unworthy?
Or were my actions in this life the reason your goal is to hurt me?
Why do I pray at night that one day I will have you?
And why does it feel like you laugh when I ask you?
Why do you see my tears and my pain and the hurt eating at my body and brain and still sit there and continue to play your game?
Am I just not worthy of you?

About this poem

This poem is a dialogue I am having with myself and the entity of Happiness

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Written on September 30, 2021

Submitted by LoneSam on October 27, 2023

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Scheme ABCDDEFGGDDHHIH
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 869
Words 206
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15

Samuel Clark

My name is Samuel Clark from Cleveland Ohio. I write my poetry in times of pain, poetry has been a outlet for my and has allowed me to turn my pain into a passion of mine giving me a outlet that I hope other can read and find some relief in. more…

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  • MaggieRan26
    Hi Samuel,

    Your poem, Happiness was on my short list. I love your exploration and searching for this elusive emotion. We are led to believe it is the goal we are all meant to strive for and success awaits if we can achieve it.

    I have also done some writing and meditation on this topic and generally conclude that a healthier goal for me is to achieve a state of being content more often than not.

    I think you have inspired me to rework this old journal reflection, so thank you.

    Wishing you more positive than negative feelings!

    Warmly,

    Maggie
     
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