Metaphor Poems

Don't Waste It!

Is your happiness a leaking tap
Are you letting joy drip away
For the want of a spot of maintenance
'Tis a high price to pay

Pauline Oliver

Sweet Delight

Is your happiness a marshmallow
Soft fluffy, pink and light
A delicious tasty morsel
Sadly...gone in just one bite

Pauline Oliver

Brilliant Cut

Is your happiness a diamond
Cut and polished to perfection
A brilliant gemstone oh so precious
The rainbow chalice on reflection

Pauline Oliver

Valour

Is your happiness bold and courageous
A gallant knight with trusty steed
Does it defend you with valiant honour
Is it chivalrous in ev'ry deed

Pauline Oliver

Happiness is a River Bank

Happiness is a river bank
Far from the maddening crowd
A place to sit cross-legged, gazing far
Perchance to think out loud

Sailboats harness wind's mighty power
Seagulls' aerial ballet overhead
Water sparkling blue, light's dainty dance
Thoughts of poems still unread

To reach the other shore it seems
No more than a step or two
Yet in truth a barrier exists
This flowing 'Creeksea' river blue

Happiness is a river bank
Temptation - the opposite shore
When you find that place called happiness
What's not to want but more

Pauline Oliver

A Metaphor Poem on Happiness

Happiness is a beacon
Shining in the distance
It flashes and then is gone
Enticing...yet elusive
And earnestly you wait
To glimpse its light once more
In hope and anticipation
You will safely reach that shore

Happiness is a seed
You can hold it in your hand
And plant it in the earth
To nurture, nourish...tend
Then you need not wait in earnest
For it is within your care
Reap the harvest as you choose
As little..or as much as you dare

Happiness is a thought
You hold it in your mind
Your imagination gives it substance
A dance, a song, a sculpture
Beauty intensified by motion
Or a static panorama
A landscape of desire
A play, a film...a drama

Pauline Oliver

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