p18 When I was young
I was always told
'There is a price for happiness'
I never quite understood
I thought I might have to pay
with money or gold.
But now I know.

The price for happiness is not paid
with money or gold, or any foreign currency.
It is paid with something worse than that.
It feel's like a demon,
burrowing into the skin,
and ripping you heart open.
It melts away all happiness,
leaving only saddness and pain.

Now I know that the price
For happiness,
Is complete pain
After the source of happiness dies.