In Our Desperate Search For Happiness Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

In our desperate search for happiness
We stumbled across the street of life
Holding our hearts in our hands
We gave our hearts away
To the strangers on the billboards of life
We gave our hearts to peer pressure
We gave our hearts to alcohol, drugs and sexual pleasures
We gave our hearts to the latest gadgets
We gave our hearts to fake prophets
We gave our hearts away

In our search for happiness
We did not look inside our hearts
We did not meet the silence within
We did not set foot on the eternal path
We did not drink from the well of wisdom
We were afraid to meet our true selves
We were afraid to meet the Truth
We were not ready to be in Love
We failed to recognize the true source of happiness
We were hopelessly lost
In our desperate search for happiness

True happiness comes from within