Once Upon a Time...

I sit each day in front of frosty white windows searching for something more, something real. I was stupid to believe in "happily ever after".  I've had my fill of enchanted castles and puffy pink dresses. I've sat upon rain clouds for so long that the jewel-studded crown, woven into my hair, has rusted into plastic. I wished myself into a perfect world where everyone's a rainbow pony. The air is free of fumes. The grass is free of stickers. The world is free of pain. But without agony there can be no smiles. For happiness can’t happen without poison green apples. So here I sit, stuck in a world where there's no such thing as rainbows.

Chasing After Butterflies

We spend eternity running after happiness we may grasp it but it won’t stay within our fingers forever. Everyone seems to believe that happiness will unlock the life that everyone dreams for. However, that’s just a lie our parents have placed in our hearts so that we might have hope for a future that’s not quite as bleak as the one we walk through today. The only happiness that exists within the barrier of this broken world is fake. Let’s not waste our breath. The key to life is sorrow, for you can never appreciate what’s around you if you haven’t ever ached with pain. So, let’s all forget about chasing after butterflies. Stop running away from your tears let them fall and warm your skin. Accept the agony. Happy people are forgotten; they die within a bed of flowers. If you live for happiness then you have lived for your own selfish dreams. However, Happiness exists and there's nothing wrong with inviting that warm feeling into your heart. But happiness isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be; one day it will end and then where will we all be? No, I’m not going to spend my life searching for something that will fade and make the pain of living even more prominent.