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Brittany Hood
Poem Two
Poem Three



I Want to be Happy

I want to be happy,
Not mad,
Not sad,
Not bad.
I want to live my life happily,
Not angrily,
Not haltingly,
Not even insecurely.

I want to be a happy person,
Not a mean one,
Or an angry one,
And I don't want to be scared of those little tasks in life.

I want to live a happy life,
Not a sad one,
But a glad one,
No not even a negative one.

I want to be happy . . . but sometimes there's no time for happy.