Happiness Is But A Fleting Butterfly -- Poetry Is My Life

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Date Posted: 08:56:09 02/12/01 Mon
Author: Belinda Bell
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Happiness Is But A Fleting Butterfly

Where have my feelings gone
I feel nothing
I want nothing
It is a numb state I am in
A state of catharsis...

Only these words now matter
This very moment
This moment in the now
Carrying with me this empty heart
My mind seems to be in another planet
Nothing awakens my soul.

As if I were in a deep sleep
So I rise from a tedious slumber
Day after day, eyes half closed
Body dragging, going through the motions
Pretending that life matters.

If I make it through another day
I congratulate myself
It is all about appearances
And the stories I tell myself
When is this confusion going to end?
To what level will my will descend
At the end of each day?

Maybe one day I can awaken
And see life through different eyes
And happiness won't be just
At the edge of my fingertips
Or a butterfly I cannot ever catch

I need to let go of this belief
That life is nothing without happiness
And maybe, yes maybe
I can start to live again
For as long as I have desires
Happiness is but a fleeting butterfly.

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