Don't Worry, Be Happy

This was a poem written in my early days of poetry in fall of 2018.

Of all the things one can say

As people pass him day by day

With stressors there and here to stay

Breath: Don’t worry, be happy

Sounds contradictory that a heart can feel

That all it needs to do is heal

When scars tore the beat like a meal

Of Don’t worry, be happy

The stress drowns down the pain

Much of my life has been the same

Stresses here and testings there

But I don’t worry, I stay happy

The stress is killing from the inside out

My mind starts to scream and shout

Can anyone shut down the mantra of

Don’t worry, be happy

My life is upside down and dead

Uprooted and left alone, a reject

There is no other word said

Than don’t worry, be happy

Oh wretched and vile evil, answer me

Why does misery have to stalk me

Like a lurking shadow ululating nothing to me

Except don’t worry, be happy

Answer me! Why do these people rejoice

And from achievement they voice

Boasting and slander when I have a choice

To not worry, be happy

What other option do I have

What more can I give

I’m left destitute and in debt

Saying Don’t worry, be happy

The wisdom is far beyond me

That now Im much more free

Im Poor but enrich those around me

With Don’t worry. Be happy