The Chase

She looked at me with her innocent eyes

And asked me what I kept searching for

I looked around yet again searching for what lies

Behind a huge closed door

I tell myself happiness is right behind

I may have to follow it just a few more miles

I can’t help but notice what is always on my mind

It is to follow the happiness till it is mine

Sometimes it is getting an object or two 

Other times it is achieving a goal I may have set

But if I look inside to see if it is true

I find that it has nothing to do with what I will get

What if I got everything I had ever wished for

What if I had achieved every milestone and every target

What if I don't find happiness in spite of all the downpour

Of things and objects and materials I could ever get

What does it mean to have everything yet nothing

What does it mean to feel abundant yet empty

Does it amount all my desires to something

Or does it leave me with more wants and envy

It feels more natural to search outside in this endless sky

Than to take a peek within

This eternal chase to find happiness makes the time fly by

And I lose the sight that it is not about the win

It is about finding the spark inside of me

And not looking for the next big thing to achieve

It is about finding the small things that set me free

A tiny smile that makes me want to believe

A little gaze that is wider than the sea

It is about giving up the chase and time to receive 

The world of happiness that is inside me

I know now I am the key.