I loved once
And I loved fully, truthfully
And happily as I had ever been
But happiness does not always last
This kind especially
Faded quickly, along with most memories
But some still linger
As a reminder to me that
As were I to ever feel that happiness again
That floaty, stupid happy
I should kill it unhesitantly
Until it is dead with nothing left
But the blood on my blade which I used to vanquish such
The ignorance of my carelessness
Will not soon be forgotten
But yet - preserved and stashed away
Until needed to look back at those memories
And learn from them
To be happy again -
But not THAT happy -
No, Never again.