Fleeting Happiness

When happiness is lost we grieve and wail Sorrowing for souls met and loved Remembering lands travelled and adventures Sharing joys, sorrows, supporting, encouraging Facing the day with hope and resolution Seeking the promised land of milk and honey Dedicated followers of the carpenter from Nazareth, Crucified, crowned with thorns, died then risen. Happiness is never fully appreciated until lost When tears fall and heart grieves for what had been. People move questioning between birth and death Time passing swiftly and hard pressing the days. Happiness is fleeting making the heart yearn for it Again delighting in company with those we love.