I bargained for happiness, <br />With every bit of subtleness <br />That I could muster, <br />As I needed happiness <br />With all its true lustre, <br />For I was desperate <br />As lonesome despair <br />And longing hate <br />Grew stealthily in me <br />To live, to be <br />I needed happiness <br />With all its glory <br />So, I bargained for happiness <br />But alas! I was given none <br />And as for my sane mind, hoary <br />With seeping sadness <br />I had to watch it die <br />With nothing else to be done.<br /><br />Avinash Nair<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-bargained-for-happiness/
