If only life was so easy
that everyday was sunshine and happiness
but problems and issues surround
and we stumble as we go along

We make errors and carry regret like a second skin
we hold onto them like a suitcase full of old clothes
any progress a small victory, flashes like a firecracker and is gone
a brief light that illuminates our path before the darkness returns

Love is a sharp sword
yet it is that which we use to defend ourselves
to keep the world at bay
we take our fill of it, only to lie starving

The people we love shape and mold us
yet abandon us to the darkness in times of need
bonds of commonality refresh and sustain
but in the darkness our hands come unclasped and we lose our way