The right side of Joy

The idea that someday

You will wake up and find

Yourself on the other side

Of the joyful fence

Of the happiness tree line

Is not even remotely close

If you have never stepped

Or dreamed or prayed aloud

How then can you ever expect to be found

When all that there is around

Is destined for loss

This is the nature of both our earth

And joy, which is not of this earth