HOW CAN I BE HAPPY?

 

How can I be happy, 

when I see the world`s despair?

My heart shares the world depression, 

deepset in the air.

 

Famine, wars, neglectfulness, 

tyranny, fear and pride;

So many terrors roam this world, 

how can I but cry?

 

Even within my own mind, 

demons lurk about;

Tempting me towards evil ways, 

in habits that I doubt.

 

And so I must tread this path, 

where suffering out weighs the bliss.

For now I must have patience,  

to await Despair's remiss.

 

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