The Only Way To Happiness Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The only way to happiness,
Is the one you create to make.
No one else can give it to you,
With a keeping you'll appreciate.
Since the doing of a making you happy,
May not be the same to have changed...
To become something else,
In your mind to claim.

The only way to happiness,
Is the one you create to make.
No one else can give it to you,
With a keeping you will appreciate.

'I want someone to make me happy.
I want someone to make me smile.'

~But what are you giving back in return?
If what one gives...
Doesn't keep you feeling that way all the time,
And fades away after you've had it for awhile.~

'I want someone to keep me happy.
I want someone to keep my smile.'

~And what should that person do if you,
Use up what has been given?
Will you then re-act like a spoiled child? ~

The only way to happiness,
Is the one you create to make.
No one else can give it to you,
With a keeping you will appreciate.
And this takes...
Knowing what it is that you want.
And this takes...
Knowing what it is you seek.
And this takes...
Not depending on others to deliver,
A giving done just to have you evaluate.

The only way to happiness,
Is the one you create to make.
And this takes...
Knowing what it is that you want.
And this takes...
Knowing what it is you seek.
And this takes...
Not depending on others to deliver,
A giving done just to hear you say...
'I'm not happy with that!
Is there something else you can do,
With a pleasing of my needs? '