The Descent of Happiness

There! I can see it!
Love within my grasp!
I reach for it, it slips away,
I knew it wouldn’t last.

Now life has drained away,
Smashed up all my dreams,
Breaking down and broken,
Dying more each day it seems.

I was at first so happy,
Now all has fallen apart,
Tearing open my insides,
And ripping out my heart.

In this flailing madness,
What I once loved now despised,
I cower at the sight of you,
Covering my eyes.

In this bitter madness,
What I once loved now is lost,
And as I look back at the war,
I see I paid a greater cost.