The thing that I crave for money cannot buy <br />For with it I know life I would really enjoy <br />I want to be happy and of all cares free <br />But when I look in my mirror a sad face I see. <br /> <br />I want to be happy and laugh my cares away <br />And wake in the morning and welcome the day <br />And feel light and easy like a windblown leaf <br />And laugh and be merry for life is so brief. <br /> <br />Why do we crave things such as wealth and renown <br />This ego of mine it keeps dragging me down <br />And too much of ego is not a good thing <br />Though of egotistical people we sing. <br /> <br />We are pre-occupied with our own self esteem <br />And we only live for our own selves and our blood kin 'twould seem <br />A truly happy person would see life differently <br />And if you know such a person of that person tell me. <br /> <br />I want to be happy and free of all care <br />And my gift of happiness with others I'd share <br />But that money cannot buy happiness is only too true <br />And that applies to all people and to me and you.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-want-to-be-happy/
