joey k poetry

Happiness does not just happen.
Sadness and anger just happen.
They come from nowhere and damage
everything they can touch.
But happiness must be built.
Words by word and step by step
we build happiness like a new foundation.
I cannot sit idly by and feel okay.
I need to do things I don’t want to do
to feel the way I want to feel.
It’s the great paradox
that doesn’t need
to be understood.