how to be unhappy
Sure
you weren't all that attractive
but you were
unassumingly charming
a witty
self deprecating manner
that could win hearts
if desired
But no.
You chose with vigor
a vocation
pursuing
perfecting
exulting
in the art
of how to be unhappy
you loved cruel men
conjured fairytales
of what could be
lay bare
in times of judgment
and fell deeper
into a spiral
of self neglect
A master
Summa cum laude
in how to be unhappy
You had it all
the fast car
the dimpled cheek
an aura that exuded
undeniable confidence.
you were
an embarrassment of riches.
Yet
it wasn't enough
before my very eyes
you imploded diligently
pursuing painfully
her every whim
lapping up incredulously
her every peccadillo
silently killing
the very essence
that was you
effortlessly reducing
flesh to bone.
You hail now
the wizened guru
of how to be unhappy.
A match made in heaven
divine intervention
fantastic adjectives
lay shamelessly short
of the perfection
that was seemingly 'them'
And yet
together
forever
they set out
In the pursuit
of 'unhappiness'
Public displays of aggression
dreams gone sour
attributes unbearable
shedding the magic
the sheen now tragic
bestowed nonetheless
With the honor
Of being
truly unhappy.
-dC
19/03/2009
you weren't all that attractive
but you were
unassumingly charming
a witty
self deprecating manner
that could win hearts
if desired
But no.
You chose with vigor
a vocation
pursuing
perfecting
exulting
in the art
of how to be unhappy
you loved cruel men
conjured fairytales
of what could be
lay bare
in times of judgment
and fell deeper
into a spiral
of self neglect
A master
Summa cum laude
in how to be unhappy
You had it all
the fast car
the dimpled cheek
an aura that exuded
undeniable confidence.
you were
an embarrassment of riches.
Yet
it wasn't enough
before my very eyes
you imploded diligently
pursuing painfully
her every whim
lapping up incredulously
her every peccadillo
silently killing
the very essence
that was you
effortlessly reducing
flesh to bone.
You hail now
the wizened guru
of how to be unhappy.
A match made in heaven
divine intervention
fantastic adjectives
lay shamelessly short
of the perfection
that was seemingly 'them'
And yet
together
forever
they set out
In the pursuit
of 'unhappiness'
Public displays of aggression
dreams gone sour
attributes unbearable
shedding the magic
the sheen now tragic
bestowed nonetheless
With the honor
Of being
truly unhappy.
-dC
19/03/2009
