THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS

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by JaneBennett9

by JaneBennett9

THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS

I’m curious to know why some people are so cheerful

While others have to fight so hard to keep their woes at bay

Hours alone, depressed, cut off, so lonely and so fearful

What’s the secret to happiness, I wish someone would tell, just say

Some people find it natural to laugh and smile and giggle

Others raise a feeble grin, it’s false, won’t stay, a forced display

It’s wrong, I know, to be downcast with every little niggle

But it seems to me that all I feel is a sense of dark dismay

I try my best to start afresh, intentions good and sound

It is my quest, this happiness, to grasp it tightly to my chest

Each time I fall, confused, broke down, lying useless on the ground

Back on my feet, I won’t be beat, my focus keen, on track, but stressed

Perhaps it’s me, the way I am, dispirited, morose and glum

Who’s to say what’s right or wrong, is misery for me, my fate

It’s not all bad, I’m up and down, in truth the highs are fun

Perhaps my thoughts I should revise, stop questioning, no more debate

Accept happiness as beyond my reach, I failed to find the secret

Defeat complete, I hang my head, conclude another disaster

To this sad life I should resign, give in to fate, it’s my design

It’s true

I’m blue

Through and through

I have to laugh, a smile, a grin

Looks like happiness is accepting I'm not perfect.