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"We Were Once Happy"
A Poem by Dana
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We were once happy
A laugh once came from us
We thought these times would never end
Destroy. Time surely does
Gone are the times we sat and played
Gone are the smiles gracing our face
Gone is our innocence and youth
Locked in this merciless place
Shattered are our memories
Cracked like our hearts down the middle
The salty tears catch in our eyes
Lives caught in this timeless riddle
Can't move without stepping in shadow
Can't breathe without sucking in death and decay
Can't hold onto our friends fading
Into the dawn of another day
Our vision is blurred by the darkness
Only hearing deceit and lies
Can't speak without giving secrets
To the ears of many spies
We were once young and free
Thinking these times would never end
We knew not of the dark approaching
Or the war just beyond the bend
We were once strong and fierce
Thinking there was naught in our way
No one told us what would happen
Once time came and had its say
Our short childhood was lost
In the dark days of last week
We were forced to grow so quickly
Thought answers still we did seek
We wondered why we hurt inside
We wondered why this war was breaking
We wondered why we were so scared
Our fears exposed for the taking
Our questions wavered in the air
Answers hid, kept at bay
We wanted to know what was happening
Who else had gone away
Time went and still we sat
In the darkness thinking
About the times that were rising
And the light slowly sinking
We were once happy
A long, long time ago
No smile curls at our lips
Only pain and endless sorrow
We were once happy
Laughter. Such a distant sound
We haven't laughed in a long time
Since our dreams were roped and bound
We were once happy
Young, smiling and together
The sun once shined upon our faces
Storm and rain, now is the weather
We were once happy
No more, are we now
Not with death surrounding closely
And dark in a deadly bow
We were once happy
Forever, the three of us
Not once did we think we would be broken
Destroy. Time surely does.
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We were once happy.
Once.
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