I Want To Be Happy! ! ! Poem by G. Akanji Olaniyi

Thinking about everything
There hardly any reason for grinning
The ups and downs
The challenges and trials
They weigh down at times like concretes
They are tantamount to the white skies
Designed with deep black spots
Those days of sadness
The ones in which happiness stood looking
Afar and akimbo
Those days of anguish
The ones in which health was hidden
Out of sight and mind
Life could be callous
Harsh and wicked
Sometimes, most times and often times
But it could also be kind
And let there be happiness
After all said and done
Whatever might be the case
And in all situations
I wish
I hope
I pray
I want to be happy! ! !

Olaniyi G. Akanji
© 2015