Happiness is not a mirage

At times it appears camouflaged

Found in deserts far away

Or across a street on a summers day

Don't wander the desert all alone

Where vipers and scorpions roam

Don't wander in search of an oasis

Quench your thirst in other places

Don't wait for the first drop to fall

Don't wait for thunders booming call

Find your refuge and shelter there

Fill it with others who for you care

Memory fades of tear stained cheeks

As upon your visage a smile creeps

Drink from the stream where it pours

Don't fix the tapestry where it's torn

Do not fear that which is unknown

For you are youthful and not a crone

Do not turn back to look behind

As there the sun sets only to blind

Peace is a poison that kills the slow

War is classroom in which to grow

Happiness is far from pure bliss

It may only be the tremble after a kiss

I ask that you be ashes not dust

That you burn away not wait to rust

The meaning is that which you make

Love is truth that can never be faked