What Makes You Happy?

Today's optional prompt at NaPoWriMo suggests writing a poem about two or three things and how they would perceive a blessing or other emotion. The prompt was based off of Alicia Ostriker’s poem "The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog." In my poem, I decided to use four things (a bird, a fish, an ant, and a man) and how they perceive happiness.

 

What Makes You Happy?
By Candace Shultz

I am happy
said the bird
when I soar
in the sky
I am free

I am happy
said the fish
when I swim
in the ocean
I am free

I am happy
said the ant
when I wander
on the earth
I am free

I won't be happy
said the man
until I find
a way to
do all three