Happiness Hiding

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Mar 092010
 

“Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding.”

~ Yehuda Amichai

  

In the midst of the trial,

The tunnel’s length and breadth

Swallowed up its ending light.

Or did our anger and our grief

Destroy that, too?

 In the dark, we clung

We to He

You to Me

Me to You

Fear of death

~ Worse yet ~

Fear of life like this

Stopped us in our tracks

And then

Pushed!

 Pushed us

To push back, push on, push through.

Stubborn will, paternal fight, future’s-sight

Love

Were all we knew.

And they grew

Until

Thanks to the process? … luck? … good will?

We found the happiness.

Always there. Never gone.

Hiding just behind,

All along.

 Posted by Kim Nelson on 03/09/2010  Tagged with: , , , ,

  48 Responses to “Happiness Hiding”

  1. V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios
    03/09/2010 at 11:51 amReply
     

    “push back, push on, push through”

    Some days all we feel is resistance.

    And the fear, “of a life like this.”

  2. Mark Loebach
    03/09/2010 at 4:31 pmReply
     

    The biggest influence in individual happiness is ourselves. Abe Lincoln said “A person is generally about as happy as he’s willing to be.” But our capacity for happiness lies in the quality of our intermost familys’ relational dynamic. “Stubborn will, paternal fight, future’s-sight” is the test that spans the generations. Your words inspire me to remember to do my part for others, both young and old.

    • Kim Nelson
      03/09/2010 at 7:44 pmReply
       

      I have learned, too, Mark, that I am as happy as I choose to be. On occasion, the choice has to be very, very conscious! I’m glad you came here. I’m glad you shared, old friend!

  3. Amity
    03/23/2011 at 4:00 pmReply
     

    Kim, this poem of yours reminds us how life can be…there are some dark moments which we can either come out victorious of it or fail to come out of it! But at the end of a tunnel, is flicker of light I believe which may give us inspiration to go on, til we can find the real true life and love amidst the constant pushing!

    I’d say, it’s a very beautiful poem, well penned!

  4. tOuCh
    03/23/2011 at 4:54 pmReply
     

    sometimes we tend to look for what is not lost only forgotten. Nice poem Kim and thanks for stopping by.

  5. thingy
    03/23/2011 at 5:09 pmReply
     

    Fabulous. Very insightful. : )

  6. bendedspoon
    03/23/2011 at 6:10 pmReply
     

    and you make life exciting! just hiding? I’m sure it will come out and we will be dancing :)

  7. Rhyme Me a Smile
    03/23/2011 at 6:37 pmReply
     

    Oh, I LOVE the ending! They found the happiness! Yeah! It almost seemed like a shape poem to me… like a bunch of arrows pointing them through the tunnel. :)

  8. Jingle
    03/23/2011 at 6:45 pmReply
     

    masterful..
    smiles,
    Happy Rally.

  9. brokenpen
    03/23/2011 at 8:25 pmReply
     

    hiding just behind, all along. I love the last lines – if only we saw these things when we were younger, eh?

  10. Ina
    03/24/2011 at 12:56 amReply
     

    At the end of the tunnel happiness has been waiting all the time, very good thought!

  11. Sam
    03/24/2011 at 3:05 amReply
     

    Never giving up is the secret, but yet Kim, not all battles are worth the fight.So we need to pick which tunnel we want to dig through till the end… Loved your work.

  12. chimnese
    03/24/2011 at 5:11 amReply
     

    true happiness is something we all wana have..but we always seem tp push it away..

  13. Linda
    03/24/2011 at 5:44 amReply
     

    Speaks beautifully to life and how we are all the same.

  14. Magdalena Herman
    03/24/2011 at 9:19 amReply
     

    A positive one! I believe that we can find happiness in little things in life. Many people don’t even notice or underestimate them, but they are there in each day. We should be open for them and they will come and bring a smile to us. Lovely write! :)

  15. Paulami
    03/24/2011 at 9:12 pmReply
     

    its got a very soothing lyrical tone to it..

  16. Nithin Mahendra Varma
    03/25/2011 at 8:06 amReply
     

    Nice poem! Is the poem based on any incident which you had to face in your real life ? It has that power which only those works written from reality can achieve. A close-knit family is something which everyone doesn’t get! You are lucky to have found love and affection there :)

  17. Thought Unchained
    03/25/2011 at 8:40 amReply
     

    That was really powerful! I’m awestruck!

  18. Teri C
    03/25/2011 at 10:35 amReply
     

    So beautifully written Kim.

  19. Mary
    03/25/2011 at 2:13 pmReply
     

    ‘fear of life like this…’ very good!

  20. Becca Givens
    03/26/2011 at 9:15 amReply
     

    We must make a conscious effort – daily, sometimes even by the moment, to choose happiness, to choose joy, to choose love … to be content from where we stand! Bravo! becca

  21. fiveloaf
    03/26/2011 at 12:27 pmReply
     

    yes and we must find it before we lose sight of ourself.. nicely worded kim.. here’s mine.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/wedged/

  22. Silvertongue
    03/26/2011 at 5:28 pmReply
     

    Wonderful work. Happiness doesn’t always hide all that well but we tend to look for it in the wrong places. :)

  23. Dishilicious
    03/27/2011 at 11:37 pmReply
     

    i love this one. beautiful and powerful! thanks for sharing!

  24. Vinay
    03/28/2011 at 10:42 amReply
     

    I think sometimes a trial is needed to bring out that love and happiness from hiding! Lovely words and structure to your poem, Kim :)

    Here’s My Poem For Poets Rally

  25. JamieDedes
    03/29/2011 at 9:24 pmReply
     

    Trials that don’t kill us transform us … There is energy and conviction in this poem that I really appreciate. Thanks for another good one, Kim. Happy Rally days … Enjoy.

  26. Esteban
    04/03/2011 at 7:33 amReply
     

    my sister
    this is pertinent
    it speaks to me
    &
    even though
    i know
    i hold the solution
    in my hands
    still
    it’s incredibly hard

    happiness
    contentment
    is internal
    isn’t it
    i know
    where it’s hiding
    but for some reason
    i don’t want
    to fucking find it

    very good poem
    will come back
    to explore ur blog

    peace & love
    & all that good stuff
    este

    • Kim Nelson
      04/03/2011 at 8:28 amReply
       

      Yours is the most wonderful comment I’ve received in quite some time, Este. And it drove me to your site, where beauty resides. Your poetry has deep emotion as well as good construction. Such is often not the case. I will continue to read your work. And I believe you will, one day, decide that our are ready to embrace the happiness of which you are aware.

  27. Panda Wolf
    04/04/2011 at 8:03 amReply
     

    A lot of times happiness is right around the corner, but we fail to see it because we give up on looking for it. Well penned. I would have dropped a comment earlier, but for some reason your comment got caught by the spam filter on WordPress.

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