Happiness

I wrote this with a very chaotic mindset just because I wanted to write and did not get the flow quite well. Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome.

Happiness

As a kid I heard everyone say how good the world was

Thought the world was just and fair

I knew that there was a lot I had to learn

I just did not expect- the world to be so bare

As a kid, I saw people smile with joy

Happily whistling and hustling and bustling

As I grew older, I knew

That wasn't a smile, it was a mask barely hanging

The kid in me, who did not grow up

Looked around, searching for others like me

Then one day as I lay in wait, it happened

Reality struck me and it was no more a mystery

People are bad, they lie

They spread hate and advocate violence

This is what the innocent kid in me thought 

After a while I was innocent no more

However the world is such a vast and diverse place

Every person is not the same 

Some are good, some are kind

A few are understanding and some do not like fame

I will however not forget the moment

I thought I'd never see another smile

A genuine smile from someone's heart

I just hope happiness does not become a thing of history

Reviews

[Ellen Kolman]

Sage! Excellent poetry! Very well written...I love how you let us into your thoughts ... I am happy your child self believes there are kind people in the world....Bravo

[Emily]

I really like the 'when I was a kid' parts of this!
Loved it!
Keep on writing!!

[Coyote Poetry]

I liked your thoughts.
"However the world is such a vast and diverse place
Every person is not the same
Some are good, some are kind
A few are understanding and some do not like fame"
You are right. Many kinds of people. We must try and get along. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Sage]

Thanks for going through!

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure and you are welcome.

[Davidgeo]

"They spread have and advocate violence"
I'm sure you meant for that to read differently.

"I just hope happiness does not become a thing of history"
Manufactured 'happiness' is hollow, misleading. The pursuit of 'happiness' should not be like a trip to Mcdonalds, it must be earned one way or the other. There is this urge to foster a 'safe space' of forced 'happiness' everywhere in the western world, it's cheapening what it means to be happy.

This is a completely unremarkable piece of writing. Sorry, reality often times is not happy... did you want me to lie and tell you its fantastic? Just wait a little while, some empty headed moron reviewer will call this a masterpiece (along with everything else they reviewed). Hollow happy, make a safe space online.

[Sage]

Thanks for pointing out the error. I did mention in the description that it isn't a very great piece. I accept it myself. I know it is unremarkable, I just penned it down because I wanted to write something to get a few things off of my chest. I'm not hoping that people manufacture happiness. I just wrote that because people claim that they have found a way to achieve happiness which is pure nonsense. This verse is just asking people not to follow guys like that. All in all I feel sorry that the western culture is trying to enforce the 'forced happiness' culture, that's just sad.

[Davidgeo]

Just because you're self effacing in the description doesn't mean I will critique you any differently.

[Sage]

Well, I did not take it negatively! Thanks though, for reading it.

[Davidgeo]

my pleasure.... sort of.

[wordman]

a great poem on life,the world is getting worse every day
people are more for them selves ,but they are very good people still here as well
kind and caring people,you wake up to life as you live it !

[Sage]

Thanks for going through the poem!