Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Verandah ornaments 2~
Two for Tuesdays prompt ~ Happiness and/or complacency
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Happiness is keeping your eyes closed
And seeing what you want to see ~
Or is that blind complacency?
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Happiness is keeping a smile on your face ~
Or is that smug complacency?
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Happiness is staying calm, controlled
Centred
While storms rage wild around you ~
Or is that foolish complacency?
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Happiness is being content with what you have ~
Or is that complacency without a dream?
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Perhaps happiness is revelling in the smile of another
Floating in a sense of contentment
And then realising
This is a fleeting moment
That sparks a vision
Of finding some happiness
Somewhere
Again
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Or is that
Dogged
Determined
Complacency?
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Happiness could be like
The joy of a glorious sunrise
That must
Naturally
Move on
To the weathers
And seasons of day
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Happiness could be
The art of being broken
On the outside
But never being beaten
On the inside
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Balance
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Perhaps
Happiness is
The light
And complacency is
The shadow
Of all that we are
Or could be
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It seems
Happiness is a paradox
Requiring skilled labour
And complacency is a hyperbole
Requiring little more than
A mask
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6 comments:
Gemma-
You caught exactly what was troubling me with these words - well done!
Heather
Whoa, Gemma. I think you're onto something, especially when you talk about happiness being fleeting. I think you're right about that.
I love the title of this. It IS a strange country, one I feel I need a passport to travel in at times...
oh that was excellent.. so much to think about!!!! i have to say this is one of your best my dear... i just love it.....
Happiness can also be reading a poem well done!
definetely made me think, great job.
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