An Ode To Serenity

I had been looking for you

In places I thought you’d be

In times of pain and in times of glee

In people I loved

In people who loved me

In the books I read

In words a poet said

In the living and in the dead

In light and in the dark

On some hill, beach or park

In hope and in despair

In the just, in the unfair

But You play the game fairly well

Of hide and seek and spell

But I got tired and stopped looking

gave up the quest and did nothing

And there you were

Smiling at me

Taking away my hope and setting me free