My Happiness Haiku

I love Haiku's. They are short and succinct, but when done well that last line can still bring up a twist that really makes you think.

This one is about desire.

Desire has always been my problem. In many ways I am a prisoner of desire.

I wish the world were different, and it passes me by. I wish that I were different, and thereby miss the opportunity to truly be myself.

When people talk about living in the moment or being present I used to think about it just as a temporal thing - not being caught up in thoughts about the past or the future. But now I think its more than that. Now I think its about living in the real world, paying attention to the real word, and more than anything accepting the world as it is. Not as I imagine it to be because of my obsession, or as I wish it could be.

I'm trying very hard to be present in the moment. I think it would really help with my struggles with depression as well as helping me to be more successful in many areas of my life. But I'm not very good at it really. I'm a daydreamer, you see. So I wrote a poem instead.

Maybe tomorrow I'll become a doer. Today I'll stick with being a seer.

There's only one way

To have everything you want

Just want what you have

I hope you liked my little haiku and that you are better at applying its wisdom than I am!