Happy

I’ve been a lot of things

In my life, and there’ve been lots of places

I’ve wanted to see.

Don’t mean to sound maudlin with

Vague rumination

Or overwrought sentimentality,

But as I’ve grown older, and

Hopefully wiser,

My mindset has changed by degree.

Of all the things I could do

With my life

There’s just one thing I want to be:

Happy.

 

Can’t think about all the things

That might have been

As Autumn leaves fall from my tree.

The past is behind, The future unknown.

Right now is the moment that

Sets my mind free.

And though the world taunts,

And teases and tempts

To seek out a new pedigree,

The answer remains in

A playful refrain.

There’s just one thing I want to be:

Happy.