Mood Swings
I’m trying to get my smile back
Happiness is in the grasp
Of the procurer
A figment of our imagination
Fluttering within the prism
Of reality
Confined
By what my
Mind
Can fathom
Allured
By what my
Heart
Desires
Humbled
By what my
Consciousness
Refuses to attain
I’m trying to get my smile back
I show you
Exactly what you need to see
Nothing more
Everything less
Less questions
Leads to less answers
Less answers
Leads to less being known
More unknowns
Leads to more uncertainty
In both myself
And for you
I’m trying to get my smile back
They say that
Joy
Is happiness
Beyond measure
Without bounds
Not constrained by the
Conditions of our circumstances
They say it’s not an
Emotion
But greater yet
A state of being
Continuing in perpetuity
A smile
Across my face
When my mind
Wants to frown
Positivity on my lips
When my heart is clouded
By negativity
Seeing the good in all
When my consciousness
Only sees through the lens
Of pessimism
I’m trying to get my smile back
Eventually,
My eyes will see
The sun behind my rain,
The color in my pain
I may fall down,
But feet don't fail me now
'Cause through the storm,
I hope I find my smile
