feel

we by Alistair Chong
happiness
there's tension in the twinkle
frowns in the wrinkles
ashes in the sparkle
in the emptiness of eyes
i see the grimace in the grin
the stab in the tricks
i feel the air
in the clap of trembling hands
and it's been shattered

everyone's happy
sick with the cancer
of the mirage of glad
of living in the grin and crumbling to sand within
everyone's happy
desperate to be sad
to fall into oblivion, wilt in the rain
to break down, fall apart, to cry on the street
and let the world see

happiness
there's a slack in the dance
a brokenness in the celebration
a fall in the crest
a defeat in the joy
i can hear the tremor in her laugh
the defeat in joy
the chasm in his shout
there's death in the song
muted silence as we sing along
linking in the hurt never known

everyone's happy
sick with the cancer
of the mirage of glad
of living in the grin and crumbling to sand within
everyone's happy
desperate to be sad
to fall into oblivion, wilt in the rain
to break down, fall apart, to cry on the street
and let the world see

i find tears in the smile
and happiness in tears