HAPPY

I want to walk into a day where I am happy about something
I do not care what it is
But for crying out loud be happy about something!
Whether it is the fact the sun is shining
Keeping the darkness locked away
Far away from my heart
My mental state of mind
I am not bed bound
I must be happy because I'm stuffing a good dinner into my mouth
My tummy is grabbing it like a mouse falling down a hole
It tugs at me no more
From within my core
Be happy for the things not focused on
This job keeps me going, and I must say...
It does make me content as a bird basking in the sun
Without it?
How unhappy would I be?
A withered rat in the alley gathering up cardboard for his nest
Without all the amenities of warmth and a place to lay his head
Then there are simple things we have that ground us
My pups at my side every day
Their unconditional love holds me with a mother's arms
Before I allow depression
Or
Whatever name we want to give it
To bury me alive
I must look at the happy things that exist
What I can't see...
As my eyes have become sightless
Smothered with the discharge of PITY