Happiness

Happiness

Happiness is relative,

Happiness is a virtue.

Sadness is life, 

Full of broken hearts,

but mended wounds.

Don't let my happy front confuse you.

Deep inside,

In the lie I must call my life,

It scratches and claws the weak spots in my mind.

People think the words happy and joyful describe me,

But my past is so vivid it makes my future wicked.

The pain and regrets made me who I am.

Depression is my style,

The style of the dead.

Look me in the eyes and say I'm alive and Happy.

- I dare YOU.

Author's Note

What do you think, I got really bored and depressed the other night.

Reviews

[Crifa]

I for one think that yes your pain and regrets made you who you are but who is to say that is a bad thing? The greatest people in the world are pushed by their pain. It gives us inspiration and drives us to do better so we aren't hurt again. Great piece keep it up

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

It's hard to not be hurt again after you have been hurt once. People can find different ways to get under your skin and hurt you.

[♪Barklight♪]

'Tis true that most people write best when they're upset and I like the challenge at the end. Peoples eyes show their emotion more than anything else. (My friends can never really lie to me when they're down or pissed off...) and in the messed up world we live in today, happiness really is a virtue.

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

Thank you for saying that, it makes me feel like im not the only one

[♪Barklight♪]

There are thousands who feel the same Anthony, no one is ever really alone.

[Falling Leaf.]

"My past is so vivid and it makes my future wicked." Love it. Well done, Anthony. Another work of art.

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

So, I'm not only a writer... I'm an Artist too?

[Falling Leaf.]

Poetry is art, the way I see it.

[L0v3craft]

"Happiness"-- how misleading this poem is xD

I thought I was going to be reading about you farting sunshine dust and singing delightful nursery rhymes while frolicking through reality bending airwaves in rainbows...but nah, its just depressing. there goes my day, off to a sad start. thanks a lot T-T

Pffff, depression ain't the style of the dead...only emo Twilight fangirls cuz Edward will never leave B-what's her name for them. Dead are delightful human-nomming zombies...I should know, I'm one of em ;p

but anyway, nice, though sad poem...put me in a strangely sad humorous mood....and that seldom happens since others who TRY to write stuff like this end up sounding emo and whiny and i just don't bother to review because it sounds terrible.... sooooo congrats on not sounding like a prima donna, mate :D This kind of sad writing is tasteful and much easy to relate to. I especially like the ending you put in red, it really emphasizes the anger of you daring the person--- WHEW! i ain't messin with you :D

100 from me ^-~

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

Thank you, and I'm sorry about putting you in a 'down' mood, but I just wrote what was on my mind. I HATE that 'T' movie. I despise those two people. Can't stand girls who love that Edward guy, or this new Justin Beaver, what happened to The 'Twilight Zone'...?

[L0v3craft]

meh i'll get over it, always do, lol xD

and lol'd at the twilight zone-- I just imagined a scenario of that movie and show crossing over. the episode would be: "WHAT IF TWILIGHT AND SPARKLY VAMPIRES NEVER EXISTED?"

Zomfg, the fangirl suicide rates would sky-rocket xD

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

Lol. Now that last part was truly funny. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. :)

[L0v3craft]

:]

[Persephone]

Hmm...captivating poem....I love the line: "full of broken hearts, but mended wounds." That is very true- I don't think any of us is happy without scars - nice work, well done

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

How is this a 'Captivating' poem, if I may ask.

[Persephone]

I was enticed to read it till the end - you grabbed my attention with it - enjoyed it :)

[afra]

wow very dark ...well done

[Anthony Q Armstrong]

I didn't mean for it to be dark, but I guess it could be displayed as that. Thank you for your appreciation.