Living For Happiness

A poem about reaching a rock bottom state of mind and finding something to uplift one's hope and desires to live a more fruitful life.

 Get better grades to live a happy life" they said

Nightmares of failing and flunking in my bed

Every report card yielding distaste and anger

Living in my home alone as a lost stranger

Worth nothing more than the dirt under my feet

How could I succeed how can I be complete

Depressed, defeated and disfigured with hate

Feeling I had nothing worthy upon this slate

Figured being a marine at one point would work

Perhaps get shot in combat, die with a smirk

Maybe I could amount to something then

Bury me in a den full of other dead men

Wisdom spilled into my heart and my mind 

He helped me feel much less caged and confined

Saw hope and desire hungering within my art

Knew that deep inside I wished to follow my heart

Imagination flourishing with ideas and dreams

So much living energy bursting my seams

Knowing now that life should be lived for myself

Breath of life, leap away from this dusty shelf

Pursuing what matters most to me in this life

Perhaps one day be married to a wonderful wife

Proudly I can say I am happy and beyond content

Never again is there ever a moment misspent

Author's Note

Taken from my page on StoryWrite, I figured this was worth sharing here. I enjoy writing inspiring works, and I must say that I am happy I finally understand that happiness is important in life, and if you aren't happy you probably doing something wrong. Image is my own, taken within the car on the way to Santa Cruz