joy is feeling

looking upwards

skies enrapture

the sorry self

and its grievance

joy is seeing

looking westwards

social fracture

healing itself

from insurgence

joy is knowing

looking eastwards

proper culture

relieves oneself

from ignorance

joy is seeing

looking outwards

events mature

the early self

from…

joy is knowing

the best of views

fuels volition

to climb the mount

joy is having

freedom to choose

which obstruction

one must surmount

joy is knowing

hearing the muse

is like drinking

from the youth fount

joy is having

nothing to lose

and yet having

blessings to…

when gloominess

deflects the gale

joy is the wind

that fills the sail

when despair is

tricking the scale

joy is the clue

that tells the tale

when spleen is thick

and hopes are pale

joy is meaning

that lifts the veil

when no reason

can find the trail

joy is compass

towards the…

though worries hurt

and fears injure

joy yields healing

beyond measure

though gloom has roots

deep in culture

joy at all times

sages nurture

though the reasons

may outnumber

joy is the wealth

wise ones treasure

though the mundane

exerts pressure

joy is accord

with one's…

when the constraints

the spirit faze

joy is a door

out of the maze

when nobody

offers their praise

joy is moving

on anyways

when challenges

the psyche daze

joy is clear sky

after the haze

when upheavals

disrupt the ways

joy is respite

on heavy…