Pop a pill a day just to crack a smile Stare at a mirror, frown reflected back Wipe the sleep from haggard eyes for a while Now waiting for the phantomβs smile to crack The daily progression of this sorrow Bringing a lonesome and mind numbing pain Healing slowly, today, tomorrow A chuckle, a grin, happiness to feign It should not take chemistry to make me Feel something, anything but desolate From chemistry, my mind contorted be While senseless enough to self-isolate The struggle for happiness, all my life Not innocuous, fear lend to strife