Happiness

I sought the path to happiness
Through power ,wealth and frame ,
Yet everything that I possessed
Appeared to be vain.
Nothing seemed to satisfy
Or elate my restless soul
While I kept reaching for the sky
For that desired goal ;;
Then unexpectedly I found
A tome , its pages old ,
With a message most profound
In illuminated gold.
“Love thy neighbor as thyself,
Have faith and charity ,
And a cheerful merry heart ,
If happy thou wouldst be.”
Jan Bagwell