Hard to be Happy

Not a great one, perhaps. The rhyme scheme is particularly clunky. Still, it does try to interpret and paint a picture of the repetitive feelings one goes through in periods of uncertainty about the future, especially frustration at one's own inability to magically change outlook all at once.

Oh, and '(To be continued)'? Just a bit of melodrama. I apparently intended to write some sort of 'sequel' to this poem, but if it did materialise, I can't pinpoint what it turned out as!

HARD TO BE HAPPY

Hard to be happy

But time to try

If only I knew where to go

Which way to that feeling?

It isn’t too clear

In the fog there’s no bright lights that glow.

Just a few tiny sparkles

On them I must fix

That’s all that I needed to know

I know they can help me

To a certain extent

Their light is beginning to grow.

Slight noise

Turn round

Look back at the past

So dark that it blinds

As I stare through the blackness

Looking the wrong way for hope.

The terror is here with me

Crushing my tired heart

Face forward you fool

A narrow escape

And back to the light

Is happiness starting to show?

Is it just an illusion?

A complete waste of time?

Please tell me that that isn’t so…

Just one precious step and I’ll know.

(To be continued)

Thanks to: The Magic Numbers for Which Way To Happy, Queen + Paul Rodgers for Through The Night, Brian May for Back To The Light, Roger Taylor for It’s An Illusion, and U2 for One Step Closer.