Happiness - Token

Ripped jacket with the stains on the surface

He was the kid that everyone was happy they weren’t

Sitting alone invisible to every passing person

Wondering what it would feel like to have a purpose

He never had a childhood

Forced to parent his own parents like no child should

His father is a veteran drowning his memories with liquor

And his mother’s taking pills that doctors give her but they only make her

sicker

With no sibling to walk through this stuff

No ends, no money, no friends, no buddies, he ain’t talking enough

He don’t put himself out there, he’s awkward too much

Well, who in his life would he learn confidence from?

And he sits behind me in class

One day I heard crying from the back

Finally I turned around and I asked

What was wrong

And the first time I heard his voice

He said

«All I know is pain, if this is life, what’s the point?

Show me what happiness is…»

His voice gloomy he looked through me he said

Show me where happiness is

Desperateness on his face

I didn’t know what to say

I couldn’t think

Show me where happiness is

He put his head down

And he didn’t make a sound

Show me where happiness is

And I just froze

Like I don’t even know…

Perfect makeup even though she don’t need the extra touch

She was the girl that every other girl was jealous of

Silky hair, blue eyes, thin body with

Curves, but her new clothes only cover parts of it

She’s almost looked at like a goddess to all

Attracts every pair of eyes when she walks through the hall

But she’s likable too, she’s not the one to gossip

Evident when you talk to her, she ain’t ever pompous

Wealthy home filled with knowledge and newness

She was the youngest out of 3 book smart students

And her parents were so proud, pride was all around her

But I always noticed something was a little off about her

She sits in front of me in class

One day I noticed heavy make up on her wrist when she passed papers back

After class, I approached her and I asked about it

«She said it don’t mean I have it if I’m around it

Show me where happiness is»

I looked into her eyes

I saw her for the first time

Show me where happiness is

I saw regret

She walked away in a sec

Her voice rang through my head

Show me where happiness is

I watched her walk away

She became another face

What she say?

Show me where happiness is

And I just froze

Like I don’t even know

I don’t know because I ask myself the same thing every single day

But every single answer has been vague

How come some appreciate the sun after the rain

While others just see the puddles as if nothing has changed?

And as I watch people living the life I couldn’t take, I wonder if they see a

way out to mentally

And as I watch people who live the life I idolize, I wonder what they feel and

what isn’t seen

As I watch my whole family take pills for depression I wonder what true

happiness really means

I wonder if because I’m genetically predisposed to it, that is the reason I

find myself feeling weak

Only sometimes, in and out

I guess it’s scarier when you don’t have a reason to be feeling down

Sometimes I just am

Sometimes I just feel no one will ever understand

Sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I want to crush my family’s so-called medication look in their eyes

And tell them they don’t need it as long we just have each other

But then sometimes I watch them suffer

I just wonder where happiness is

Show me where happiness is