Happiness

Whenever I have a brief smile

I feel and just know it will not last

Brief means a short moment, just for a while

But why does it have to pass so fast?

All I need is instant happiness

As noodles that you buy in the market

Quick and easy, as change your haircut

But why does everything end in darkness?

Every bliss I had was difficult and slow

Just like waiting for hair to grow

So I lose everything I thought I had

But why has life always driven me mad?

Each moment ends and gives place to another

At this intersection the hurt predominates

And when life opens and closes the new gates

Why do I always wait for some other?

But if all the smiles I had were eternal

And all of the sorrows behave

If the sunshine were universal

What value would happiness have?

Oliver Yeager

13th April 2019