I

You spend your early years

Learning to draw faces

That show how it looks,

You grow up to seek it in self-help books,

Heck, even a movie’s been made on it!

And yet it remains,

A special topic,

Arousing wonder –

For how indeed,

Do you find happiness?

And more importantly,

Hold on to it

For the rest of ever after?

II

You looked for the happy faces

From the faded pages

Of your kindergarten sketch book,

In every cranny, and every nook;

And although you found

What you sought,

Their happy smiles

Were not on your account.

III

So you had to move on

To keep looking,

And slowly, very slowly indeed,

You had an awakening,

Much like the sunrise,

When you realised,

That the happy face

From the faded page,

Was meant to be you.

IV

You get to choose,

What will make you smile –

Whether it is walking a mile,

Or resting a while

Under the bright blue sky;

Your pursuit

Is now complete,

For you’ve found the key

To enduring happiness.

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