Happiness is a Trojan Horse <br />That invades your surly gates, <br />It only comes at the best of times <br />And at other times, it waits, <br />You know that it’s somehow out there <br />But you search for it in vain, <br />The few that seem to possess it <br />Know that it always ends in pain. <br /> <br />There’s ever the swing of the pendulum <br />There’s happy, and then there’s sad, <br />A swing will bring with it sorrow <br />And another swing brings glad, <br />For life is a roller coaster <br />Sometimes up and sometimes down, <br />And everyone who’s around you <br />Bears a smile, or wears a frown. <br /> <br />Money won’t buy you happiness <br />According to the rich, <br />But they’ve never had to miss a meal <br />Or sleep in a freezing ditch, <br />Happiness means so many things <br />To the people, just like you, <br />A job, a child that comes back home <br />Or a bill paid, when it’s due. <br /> <br />We’d like to think that our happiness <br />Is directed from above, <br />Euphoria, as a heart will burst <br />At the thought of a new found love, <br />But time and tide will take us to <br />What love that sours will bring, <br />To often, many have heard it said <br />That love is a fleeting thing… <br /> <br />31 May 2013<br /><br />David Lewis Paget<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-is-a-fleeting-thing/
