Life's Elegy

Why do I shed tears in the house of laughter?

I am odd, my life is bitter,

The days of my happiness are gone,

Sorrow, Pain, Grief and Sadness are now my own.

 

A heavy heart, my teary eyes,

A restless life, a dicey dice,

I’m drowning in pain and relief doesn’t want to hold my hands,

My miseries are more than the sands.

 

Moments of Joy are now in the book of history,

Moments of gloom are now in my diary,

With every single of my breath comes tears,

But they say Optimism can mend my life’s tears.

 

Really? Can Optimism fix a life that is torn?

Where was Optimism right from when I was born?

Dod they not say “Believe in God and He will set you free”?

And I believed. Has He not forsaken me?

 

A life of emptiness,

A life of miserableness,

A life of sadness,

Is that a life?

 

Let me be so I could pop some pills,

Cause when I’m gone I will no longer know how pain feels!!!

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