SECRET-BEING. LOST JOY POEM WRITTEN ON WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 1996

LOST JOY

WHERE IS IT

WHERE DID MINE GO.

I'VE LONGED FOR IT SO

THE JOY OF LIFE.

WHAT IS IT

I WISH I KNEW.

THEN I'D GRASP IT TO

THE JOY OF LIFE.

IS IT A SUNNY DAY

WITH THE BREEZE IN MY HAIR

OR THE SILENT NIGHT AIR

THE JOY OF LIFE.

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS

TO HAVE HER SPRING FROM MY HEART

AND EVERY PART OF ME QUIVER WITH

THE JOY OF LIFE.

WHERE DOES IT COME FROM

I WISH I KNEW

THEN I'D BE ALIVE

AND ENJOYING IT TO

THE JOY OF LIFE.

ELIZABETH BEALE STEPHENS WEDNESDAY 10 JULY 1996

MODDELING FOR  PORTRATE  1996 ELMERS END CROYDEN.