Happiness Is A Thing Poem by Francis Duggan

To understand human behavior not easy at all
Some people complain though their worries seem small
Their business showed a two million profit last year though they wished it were three
With the greedy it is much does want more that's how it seems to be

Why some are so hard to please one has to wonder why
They seem almost impossible for to satisfy
With millions in money yet quite poor of mind
The unhappy millionaire is not hard to find

You've heard of the fable of the unhappy king
He ordered his head scout the shirt of a happy person to me bring
So that i can wear it in gold sovereigns for it do pay
His scout searched for a happy person for many a day

Till finally one happy man he did meet
Though without a shirt or shoes on his feet
The moral of this little story it would seem
Is that happiness cannot be bought by wealth and esteem

Money can buy a lot but it cannot buy everything
And though of the praises of it many are known to sing
Many stories of unhappy wealthy people have been written and told
Happiness is a thing that cannot be bought or sold.