Happiness

hide and seek
your favorite little game
yes I will play
it's what we do everyday

are you in the whiskey
that would be nifty
no, boy you're shifty
I'll find you

hiding in those pills
sitting there all chill
xanax dancing thrill
no, I'm gonna get you

thesaurus hiding funky monkey
are you here wonky word junky
jungle gym typing humpty dumpty
no, thought I would surely find you

in these words

marco...marco...

golly gee wiz you win again
covered my eyes, counted to ten
I even checked the local LPN
no, tomorrow could you let me win

that would be nice, every now and then

Author's Note

I think this happens more often than not anymore.

Reviews

[Joshua Ramirez]

What does this mean? I want to take it literally as a game of hide and seek, though I'm ambivalent whether it has a deeper meaning to it. Let me know because I would really like to understand.

I really like the rhyme scheme you have in this poem or "chapter", because I have trouble making piece in which the rhyme is kept all the way.

[Shy Joe]

This piece is about my search for happiness Joshua. Sometimes finding what makes a person happy is hard to find. It is elusive. Much like trying to find someone during a game of hide a seek.

So I turned the pain of my search for happiness into a child's game. After I did that I added a rhyming scheme to it to make it more enjoyable to read.
Practice, practice, practice. Read lots of others work too. You will get the hang of it. Thanks for the review.

[Joshua Ramirez]

Oh, everything makes sense now. That's why you talk about alcohol and pills... which points to addiction (that could be happiness in way). Yeah, well done Shy Joe.
I am going to read a bit more, and if you have the time, check out my other works. I know I will be putting much more.

[Ghania]

Nicely penned. And rhyming scheme was really good.
Best Wishes. :)

[Pete]

clever & thought provoking piece of sarcasm. sometimes it finds us where & when we least expect it.

[Papaya]

such a clever and witty poem about the search for happiness. really super word play!