Happiness

just a little heads up, this is the first poem i wrote that i actually liked, i wrote it towards the beginning of the year. a previous version is on my other blog but i like this version a lot better! enjoy, or don't (haha)
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Let go of the grasp
That holds you down.
People will walk out of your
Life. They will appear as a
Visitor taking an hiatus in
Your own world.
They will be bright
And wondrous. They will give you
A taste if the unimaginable.
They will make you want to change
To become more like
Them.
But they leave.

They all do.
With attention spans
of goldfish they move on
to the next shiny rock
With excuses which do
Nothing but destroy your
Bruised heart.

And then you are left with the
Memory. This is what love is;
Memories. We fall in love
with the feelings brought to us
From past guests

do not be fooled.
They will not bring
you happiness.
Become a friend
of your own. Learn To love
Yourself the way you desperately
Want to be loved.
For if you do not, then you
Have failed yourself.

For once the monitor goes flat
The only confidant that matters
is the One found inside your own being
from birth to death this is the only
One you cannot escape.

Contentment will not be reached by accident.
Peace of the soul comes form the honest
Commitment ot love every fiber,
every cell, every atom
That makes up you as an individual.

As for this happiness things,
That thing that at times seems
Nowhere in sight?
It starts with letting go.

Letting go and getting a firm
grip on the broken soul
behind those ribs
And giving it that warm
Embrace it has long desired.