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The Happiness I Once Knew
One forgotten toothbrush on your sink,
Left behind as I sometimes tend to do,
And your temper puts you on the brink,
Incensed to find a vestige of me and you.
I realized my love had been laid to waste
As my mouth filled with a metallic taste.
So pardon my lying here breathless and blue –
I’m recalling the happiness I once knew.
Bright yellow skies once lit the way,
Suns like lemon drops to sanction my glee.
To hold you even for a day
Remained my pure and simple ecstasy.
I cannot crack the code nor do the math.
The answer lies between your head and heart
With "No Trespassing" marked bold on the path -
Something precious, then, never got its start.
You throw your weight around with such forethought,
Excuses and entreaties applied with equal measure.
Who could have known a battle would be wrought
To secure a simple morsel of yesterday’s pleasure?
I worked so hard at holding back the years
And all I have left is a flood of tears.
So pardon my lying here breathless and blue -
I’m recalling the happiness I once knew.
