Happiness

I want you to just for a minute to focus on the picture above......apart from who the famous person is....tell me what do you see?

This is one of my favourite pictures because it portrays someone who appears to be happy, self-confident, no doubt you can add more to this list.....

How many times have you seen photos of people, just like Jill, with warm smiles and something that says everything is just wonderful? Now read.....the poem below.





HAPPINESS



SOMETIMES I FEEL

THAT HAPPINESS

IS JUST A CONCEPT

IN THE

HUMAN MIND

AND FOR THOSE OF US

WHO LIVE

IN THE REAL WORLD

IT SEEMS

EVEN DIFFICULT

TO FIND



SOME SAY

IT’S LAUGHTER

A SMILE

WELL…

IT CAN BE FOUND

IN THOSE CONTEXT

HOWEVER,

IT ALWAYS LEADS ME

TO QUESTION

IS IT SOMETHING

THAT CAN

REALLY BE EXPRESSED?



IT’S SOMETHING THAT

I YEARN FOR

SEARCH FOR

PRAY FOR

AND YET

WHAT’S EVEN MORE STRANGE

ARE THE REMARKS

MADE AROUND ME

HOW IT’S WRITTEN

ON MY FACE!



HAPPINESS IS DEFINED

IN YET

SO MANY WAYS

BUT FOR NOW

I’LL JUST KEEP

HOPING

AND IN THE MEANTIME

COPING

TILL

NOT JUST A

GLIMPSE

BUT A PERRENIAL

EXPERIENCE OF THIS

PHENOMENON

TRANSLATES ITSELF

FROM

WITHIN THE RECESS

OF

MY HEAD

AND PENETRATE

THIS

STUBBORN

SAD

LONELY

THING



I CALL

MY LIFE

INSTEAD





ELITHA©2006




Sometimes the very impression we give to the outside world......is not all what it seems, alot of us are hurting but are too frightened to let anyone see...just in case...they shun away from us...some of us have become professional performers and have become so use to wearing various masks for various occasions, to the point where we cannot even acknowledge our 'real' selves.

Tell me..what does happiness mean to you?