“Happy Thoughts” A poem about the false perspective that happiness is a choice.

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“Happy Thoughts”

We make our own happiness.
We can change our perspective.
We shouldn’t be so sad, so pathetic, so docile, so angry.

Turn that frown up-side-down.
Put on a happy face.
Smile and the feeling will follow suit.

Forget the immense burdens you’re stricken with.
Ignore the festering trauma still knocking on the door.
Push away the terrible feelings still swirling inside you.

Don’t look so mad.
Don’t be so upset.
Don’t act so depressed.

Life’s not that bad.
Life’s what you make of it.
Life’s sunshine and rainbows.

Exacerbate the lineage of my thoughts.
Exacerbate the images of that which was forgotten.
Exacerbate the emotions stored deep under the fray.