Everywhere i look

Everywhere i look

i see a smiling face

every time i see one

i wish it would be erased

if i cannot be happy

then why should anyone besides

loneliness has taken over

the place that happiness resides

if i cannot live each day

without shedding a tear

if i cannot drive through my life

without having to let someone else steer

why should i be happy

or blatantly lie

and put on a charade of content

when all i want to do is cry

i cannot stand living my life

withholding rushing tears

i cannot stand living my life

running away from my fears

so i go on each day

giving innocents the finger

telling myself

its only gloom that lingers

if i cannot hold

love within my grasp

than everyone who does

is destined to feel my jealous wrath