There is peace and joy in surrender,
When a voice rises from within
To ask a simple question.
Why should I crave for what is not mine?
That is the moment when something
Occurs to make me realize,
Is that what I have done all my life?
From that moment onward
I know I am ready to surrender-
To be happy and content with what is mine.
A fountain of joy erupts as I embrace the thought
And go about my life doing what I ought.
comma, not period, at end of first line is one suggestion. ;) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - and: AUGHT OR OUGHT? ? Google time! ! About 207,000 results (0.90 seconds) Search Results Ought vs aught. Ought is a verb used to express correctness, duty, obligation, what the most expedient course of action should be. Ought is the correct verb form for all tenses. The negative of ought is formed in a highly irregular fashion for the English language: ought not.Dec 3,2015 and: If someone says “I know aught about football, ” the amount of knowledge could be a lot or nothing. That’s because “aught” can mean “everything, ” or “zero.” In British English, it often means “all, ” as in “for aught I know, football uses a round ball.” In the US, it more commonly means “nothing.” Garner’s Modern American Usage says that was originally a mistake. “By error, ” Garner’s says, “a nought (= a zero) was widely misconstrued as an aught. Thus, aught has come—mistakenly—to bear the sense ‘zero.’” AND THERE IS MORE ONLINE ABOUT ought and aught, but it gets complicated! ! ! ! and naught as well! i believe (i'm actually 'sure') that ought, not aught is proper to use as your last word, both in the U.S. and India. i think you ought to use ought! ;) :) if anyone does research and feels i'm wrong, please advise me as to why i am wrong. ha ha! i can't go through life being WRONG! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! well, not more than i already am. =============================== I REALLY LIKE the poem, its topic and its composition. but don't tell the store owners that you have given up wanting what is not yours. for a price it CAN be yours, and they would LIKE to make it yours! ! ! for a price. but i suppose you mean something different, like wanting 'wealth', 'power', a 'perfect body', a wizard's brain, and all the attributes of all the super-heroes in the comic books! i hope you get to keep all that is already yours, excepting the torn ligament, the outstanding bills, the hangover, the irritating neighbor, and the feeling someone is always watching you. yikes! bri :) to MyPoemList
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I would like to translate this poem
A fountain of joy erupts as I embrace the thought: What a nice verse!