Joy <br />gets a bad press <br />from poets and divines – <br /> <br />it’s fleeting, can’t <br />be trusted, brings <br />a downside; <br /> <br />better far they say <br />is bliss: quiet, indifferent, <br />that is, beyond all differences <br />that sadden; divisions <br />that steal our perfect, <br />timeless, spaceless I guess <br />unity <br /> <br />this poem looks <br />with joyful hope <br />or hopeful joy <br />well joy and hope <br />or would joy or hope be enough, <br />Paul, <br /> <br />to a future bliss <br />which when found <br />has no past or future but <br />only the perfect present <br />of the perfect present. <br /> <br /> <br />[another one with acknowledgements to Eckhart Tolle and ‘The Power of Now’…]<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/joy-enjoyed-with-or-without-hope/
