Joy and Pleasure

Joy and Pleasure, I chose this topic today because in my whole life whatever I thought is joy is not actually joy but pleasure, this made me to write this poem and this thought is from the essay of Joy by Zadie Smith.

Joy lives, Pleasure stays,
Joy is something long-lasting,
Pleasure is momentary,
Joy is struggling and painful,
Pleasure is easier and timely,
I said eating ice-cream is joy,
And they called it pleasure,
I said having a day with your loved one is joy,
And again they said it pleasure,
I said buying something out of my salary is joy,
And without any confusions they said it's pleasure,
I asked them what is joy,
They said, 
Joy is not jumping in happiness,
Joy is living with pain, struggles and happiness,
Joy is having to work with a smile on hard days,
Joy is learning to feel that it's okay to let go,
Joy is having the guts to face anything and everything,
Joy is making you smile when you don't want to,
Joy going anywhere and learning to survive,
Joy is helping someone when you cannot help yourself,
Joy is something where you can feel that bad days are normal,
Joy is accepting life the way it is,
Joy is to remain patience on life lessons,
Joy is everlasting and enduring,
When all these criteria exists then you are joyful in your life,
Pleasure is easy to get,
A stressless day,
Laughter that you have for a day,
Chilling out with your friends,
Eating your favourite food,
And so on,
That's pleasure 
I feel joy is more important than pleasure. 
Let's go by joy 
Not just by pleasure. 
Pleasure can be here and there 
But joy should be a permanent thing.

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