Two Penny Bit of Happiness
- a Poem
- by Jethro André Jolliffe
My Momma asking me
Looking at my recent poems
“Why do you write about depression”
Well Mom,
In this world where you can see
the positive of every negative
The happy to all sad
The sweet to every bitter.
Everyone thinks of their sads in life
No one thinks of the joys
That life holds for them
All they know is darkness
Even though the sun rises every day.
Even the earth says 12 hours of night
And 12 hours of day.
Not everything stays dark forever
But, who might teach them?
Though you are a teacher,
Not all can be taught.
Jethro André Jolliffe
from New Delhi, India, is a young aspiring writer who loves to spend his time surrounded by nature. He has a distilled command over the language, be it English, Hindi or French. The whole uniqueness of his writings is in his expression of thoughts about Life and people. He is an avid traveller, marathoner, a cyclist and a passionate photographer.
7 thoughts on “Two Penny Bit of Happiness”
Not all can be taught that
12 hours of night are for
Putting all negativity to sleep
Re-energizing oneself for
12 hours of day to be spent
In the encouraging & motivating
Warmth of hope & positivity.
A teacher never gives up
A teacher never loses hope
A teacher always stays positive
For she is a believer 🤗
Of Inner joy & happiness being
Self attained for one & all🙂
Till you understand the above life would remain a mystery.
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This is truly amazing. Well done Jethro….you have made your parents proud. All the very best.
Congratulations to you as well Ma’am!
We teachers are actually believers….
Nice poem, Jethro and Richa😊💕
Like mother …like son
Very good
Good one