Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!
Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com    Poems On Site: 198,500+   Comments On Poems: 427,000+   Forum Posts: 105,000+
Custom Search
  Welcome ! Home  ·  FAQ  ·  Topics  ·  Web Links  ·  Your Account  ·  Submit Poetry  ·  Top 30  ·  OldSite Link 09-June 22:30:52 AEST  
  Menu
  Home
· Micks Shop
· Our eBay Store· Error Submit
 Poetry
· Submit Poetry
· Least Read Poems
· Topics
· Members Listing
· Old Site Post 2001
· Old Site Pre 2001
· Poetry Archive
· Public Domain Poetry
 Stories
· Stories (NEW ! )
· Submit Story
· Story Topics
· Stories Archive
· Story Search
  Community
· Our Poetry Forums
· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

  Site Help
· FAQ
· Feedback

  Members Areas
· Your Account
· Members Journals
· Premium Sign-Up
  Premium Section
· Special Section
· Premium Poems
· Premium Submit
· Premium Search
· Premium Top
· Premium Archive
· Premium Topics
 Fun & Games

· Jokes
· Bubble Puzzle
· ConnectN
· Cross Word
· Cross Word Easy
· Drag Puzzle
· Word Hunt
 Reference
· Dictionary
· Dictionary (Rhyming)
· Site Updates
· Content
· Special Content
 Search
· Search
· Web Links
· All Links
 Top
· Top 30
  Help This Site
· Donations
 Others
· Recipes
· Moderators
Our Other Sites
· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

  Social

Array ( [sid] => 181105 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => My Pursuit of Happiness [time] => 2015-05-09 03:51:49 [hometext] => we find happiness in the strangest ways [bodytext] => We all have our journeys
Moments of excitement and wonder
Moments of laughter and smiles
We all find trials along our way
Moments of sadness
Moments of fear
Once upon a time
The word cancer appeared in my pages
I looked at my doctor in disbelief
I looked to my husband across the room
Thoughts of my babies filled my mind
For the first time in my life
I was truly terrified
There was this door
Unknown monsters
These choices no one wants to make
This family so precious to me
Overwhelming and confusing emotions
There was this door
I found so much encouragement
I found so much love
So many people with open arms
I found comfort, a safe place to lie
When my courage fails me
I opened the door, looked at the monster
I felt so frightened, vulnerable
I looked next to me
My husband was there, holding my hand
My children at my feet
A family cheering for us
A beautiful world full of beautiful people
A world full of mystery waiting for me
A life with so many blessings
Amidst all the fear, the confusion
There was all this love and smiles
All this beauty
All this comfort
All of these blessings
Amidst all this darkness
I found this beautiful light




[comments] => 3 [counter] => 179 [topic] => 21 [informant] => karoody [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
My Pursuit of Happiness

Contributed by karoody on Saturday, 9th May 2015 @ 03:51:49 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems



We all have our journeys
Moments of excitement and wonder
Moments of laughter and smiles
We all find trials along our way
Moments of sadness
Moments of fear
Once upon a time
The word cancer appeared in my pages
I looked at my doctor in disbelief
I looked to my husband across the room
Thoughts of my babies filled my mind
For the first time in my life
I was truly terrified
There was this door
Unknown monsters
These choices no one wants to make
This family so precious to me
Overwhelming and confusing emotions
There was this door
I found so much encouragement
I found so much love
So many people with open arms
I found comfort, a safe place to lie
When my courage fails me
I opened the door, looked at the monster
I felt so frightened, vulnerable
I looked next to me
My husband was there, holding my hand
My children at my feet
A family cheering for us
A beautiful world full of beautiful people
A world full of mystery waiting for me
A life with so many blessings
Amidst all the fear, the confusion
There was all this love and smiles
All this beauty
All this comfort
All of these blessings
Amidst all this darkness
I found this beautiful light








Copyright © karoody ... [ 2015-05-09 03:51:49]
(Date/Time posted on site)





Advertisments:






Previous Posted Poem         | |         Next Posted Poem


 
Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more
All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.
Re: My Pursuit of Happiness (User Rating: 1 )
by irisblue on Saturday, 9th May 2015 @ 11:27:54 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
what a lovely poem of bravery and the love of family. I was very touched by this.


Re: My Pursuit of Happiness (User Rating: 1 )
by ThanhThanh on Saturday, 9th May 2015 @ 12:12:54 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
Thank you Karoody for mentioning cancer, the incurable disease that so many people are afraid of.
But, fortunately you have found happiness, not in the strangest ways, but in the simple but comforting way, the love and care of your (our) loved ones.


Re: My Pursuit of Happiness (User Rating: 1 )
by Lionel on Monday, 11th May 2015 @ 09:30:48 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)
You just explained, by poetry, why God allows trials, along with blessings. Very good. God bless you.




While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com