I walk the road to happiness
And I know I will arrive
Though trouble, pain and hardship
Make it difficult to survive
My early years fade in the past
The first few hard to remember
A point of recall here and there
Until Kinder one September
As a child, things were happy
Responsibilities were so few
I'l play and learn and play some more
As all children like to do
I grew taller than the other kids
And got teased about my height
I rarely fought back against them
Prefering silence to using might
I knew what I was capable of
I'd lost my temper one day
Knowing fists would make me bad as them
I stopped hearing what they'd say
My childhood innocence slipped away
And I continued walking
High school days were difficult
Poised between youth and adult
Dealing with them took a lot of strength
Happiness lost was the result
I confessed feelings for a girl named Lynn
Her response was to taunt and laugh
My simple words of written verse
Became a huge social gaff
Despair's pit yawned wide before me
I even thought about the end
Not going through another year of school
Without a single friend
A hello from a girl I met, just a week before
Pulled me back and saved me
She was never more than just a friend
because of my silence, would never be
But thank you for My life, Marie
And I continued walking
The years slipped by until at last I found
A special person and I loved her
Plans were made and promises said
I thought it would be forever
But forever lasted for only 6 years
Far less than I had hoped
She left me behind for someone else
And in despair, I moped
It took me months to overcome
The shock of that event
In the heart of pain, hope finds a way
When despair is finally spent
Underneath the pain, the source of strength
I had always known was mine
I was strong enough to survive the loss
and in time, I would be fine
I walk the road to happiness
And I know I will arrive
I gain a bit with each step I take
As long as I'm alive
