True Happiness

if I am to continue on this path
am I a wretched creature
destined or doomed,
beholden
to distant visions of loveliness
familiar and yet
afar off, beyond the pale
as sounds of laughter lift
displacing the senses

vividly splashing against this mess
of crumbled sashes 
and emptiness
no longer filled

music sounds softly
words are of no consequence
we listen together,
speechless

no more illusions
an observer, no less
freedom has wrought for us
true happiness.

true happiness

is this what you call true happiness?
lacking the backbone to say no
and yet for me, it was different
I waited for what was certainly months or even years

I was the one with the answers, so taut
solutions for questions unspoken,
creations for all things
and yet, here I sit
while you
on that other side
still can't begin to let go

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'True Happiness'
Alisa Js,
How can I process another's experience? This peice was a lovely and real expression which is uniuqe to the one writing it. To a degree i can identify as there are stages within the time of dealing with relational change. It is warming for though to find myself understanding what this poem is saying. Pain does not hide from anyone. We are capable of great love and great pain.
blessings,
kathy

[Alisa Js]

Thank you so much, Kathy for taking the time to stop by and for your kind words.

Sending you thoughts of everything amazing...

Always,

Alisa

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~ you are a phenomenal force of nature... i love your poetic voice in this piece a lot... you mean business... ~ extremely perceptive and insightful work... i am in awe...

[Alisa Js]

Thanks R... I too, am glad.. very glad. ;-)

[Alisa Js]

Thanks, allmax... I will keep your thoughts in mind. Catch up soon. I will be by again.

alisa ;-0

[Allmax]

Wow Alisa, I am amazed by the talent you share. So long ago your poems reached out to me, a if saying I am here we need to see. As I read this poem I was filled with very sad thoughts of rejection and confusion. It never seems to be that life can fully be shared by all, however this is not true. Try to stay sane. We are waiting, will see you soon love.