"If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton
Inspired by a discussion with brods Jess Gopez and Nelson Reyes on happiness and sadness.
It hurts him deeply, Yet he sets her free to find Joy in distant skies May happiness fill her days As she walks life’s brighter ways
In youth, he strode, a warrior bol… With boundless dreams, no end in s… A fearless heart, a will of might Unyielding strength his life foret… Yet time crept in, its weight to b…
center A secret passion; A peculiar indulgence She kept from everyone Except her conscience!
Ceramic birdbath in the yard There, two robins splashing at pla… Reveling in mid-day sunshine But big redbird shooed them away The cardinal claims the whole bath
On the path of life Just put any foot forward Matters not which one As long as you don’t stay still You’ll achieve your lifelong thril…
Come Mend my heart Broken into pieces Come Fix my dreams ripped apart
within him a monster clamoring to come out from slight, hurt, anger where all beasts sprout a fiend he must conquer
Summers used to be pleasant In the air the ocean’s salty scent Lows in the low seventies Highs in the low nineties Clear deep blue skies
A self-made man he is; that! he te… Even when I care not to listen, b… Well, he’s my good friend He’s faithful to the end So, I plug my ears when he’s with…
I once knew a young lady everyone… And no one approaches her with gen… Her tongue a wicked knife Her voice a high-pitched fife She’s got malignity and viciousnes…
Most trees stand bare, though othe… Hollies peek through the snow-fill… At dawn, no creatures can be seen The chill of winter all around But golden rays turn skies to blue
She left the front door unlocked A burglar came in the night All the furniture he knocked And stole everything in sight She let him into her heart
There lived this rotten old man, a… Then one day he met a young lady,… Uncanny oddball love affair was bo… Unfulfilled rose meets prickly tho… Aye, their romantic entanglement b…
center she flashed her wickedly seductive smile, all resistance melted, a scoop of ice cream
Forget yesterday and let today be Fret not about the past, live the… Yes, yesterday is just a memory And today, let’s live moment to mo… Focus not on tomorrow, but today