Is there betrayal

Is there betrayal

In happiness

Even though it be for a moment

Is it even a true emotion

When tinged with

The pain of sorrow

Will it end tomorrow

There is no

Time limit

Imposed on sadness

Another emotion sullied

With complexity

A certain ambiguity

When some people

Find pleasure in pain

What is the gain

In holding on

To what has been lost

At the cost

Of the future

When every day

Is another journey

Into an unknown land

Without a hand

To pull you through

Is it a true reflection

Of grief

To lock your heart away

Drape a cloth across

A mirror

Dress in black

Drink a quart of Jack

Spend every night

Counting the days

In denial

Of the need

To be free

Of the guilt

You are the survivor