MISSED OPPORTUNITY

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{b:} MISSED OPPORTUNITY

I missed my opportunity; I did
not see it coming at me fast--I played
hard to get. I misunderstood and hid
from my potential--frightened it!! I stayed
wrapped up in my colorful shell of cheer
when happiness was just outside my door,
and not out of my grasp, as I had feared.
That makes missing happiness all the more
frustrating, to be missing it-- for sure;
that makes my life a hotly roaring bore,
for which there is no easy, certain cure!
I have pursued happiness my whole long;
to see it as my fortune missed is wrong.