Happiness Is Nowhere

Posted on April 10, 2024 by mitchteemley

lonely-monster

Happiness is nowhere.

Happiness is now  here.

What’s the difference?

Only air,

which sometimes fills the space for years.

We hope that happiness will come,

although its presence may be fleeting.

They say it lingers long for some,

but others swear it dodges meetings.

Yet while we cry,

“Oh, if only!

when will this monstrous waiting end?”

Happiness wanders lost and lonely

searching for a faithful friend

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About mitchteemley

Writer, Filmmaker, Humorist, Thinker-about-stuffer
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36 Responses to Happiness Is Nowhere

  1. Priscilla Bettis says:
    April 10, 2024 at 1:23 pm

    Nowhere now here, how clever!

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  2. dkzody says:
    April 10, 2024 at 1:32 pm

    Right here right now…happiness.

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  3. Cinematic Point Of View says:
    April 10, 2024 at 1:55 pm

    Just what I need to hear today. Thank you.

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  4. luisa zambrotta says:
    April 10, 2024 at 1:57 pm

    Wonderful 🩵🩵🩵

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  5. K.L. Hale says:
    April 10, 2024 at 2:06 pm

    THIS IS BRILLIANT, Mitch! You’re such a gifted writer—HUMAN! “Only air,…” I see YOU, happiness, I’m here and I’ll be your friend! Pals forever, Karla 💛

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  6. pastorpete51 says:
    April 10, 2024 at 2:38 pm

    Wonderful verse, that really makes the point! Thanks Mitch!

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  7. joynealkidney says:
    April 10, 2024 at 4:14 pm

    How poignant.

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  10. anitashope says:
    April 10, 2024 at 5:59 pm

    Excellent

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  11. beth says:
    April 10, 2024 at 7:04 pm

    so well done!

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  12. sandysbookaday says:
    April 10, 2024 at 10:40 pm

    Brilliant!

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  13. Antique Works says:
    April 10, 2024 at 10:42 pm

    I’m learning to be abased and abound…. basically content wherever I am.

    Moments of happiness come and go.

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  14. Johnbritto Kurusumuthu says:
    April 11, 2024 at 12:29 am

    The poem starts with a powerful paradox: happiness is both absent and present. This sets the stage for the exploration of the fleeting and elusive nature of happiness.

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  15. Catsandcoffee says:
    April 11, 2024 at 12:36 am

    This made me think of the Charlie Brown song “Happiness Is..”

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  16. Anuran & Sayoni says:
    April 11, 2024 at 6:46 am

    Happiness is how we perceive. Right now here I am happy that’s it

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  17. pk 🌎 says:
    April 14, 2024 at 1:41 am

    NICE POST 💖💓💚

    BLESSED AND HAPPY SUNDAY 🌞

    GREETINGS 🇪🇸

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  18. spotlightchoices.com-C. Wilson says:
    April 18, 2024 at 8:23 pm

    Appreciate your poem and your play on words “Happiness is nowhere. Happiness is now here.”

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