MENTAL STOCKTAKING (A POEM)
Mental stocktaking discomfits,
Revealing with great clarity
Failure in the area of Happiness.
Our pelf can only just keep us satisfied;
Fulfillment of desires is not Happiness.
Happiness is nothing but exhilaration
We feel in the rainbows of existence,
Tangibly elusive but not illusory!
It is lodged in our hearts’ innermost corner,
But we seek it, ignorant of its true residence!
Dangerous ventures thrill our senses
Dizzying our befuddled minds;
But we forget they are not Happiness!
How can we define what is precious,
Indefinable because it is everywhere
Happiness is a precious pearl converted
By Life’s oyster absorbing all it was given
To make a magnificent gem of wonder!
