For so long,
I believed,
That to find joy,
Needed a change in me.

For so long,
I maintained,
That happiness could not,
Give me more than pain.

For so long,
I decided,
That to keep smiling my heart,
Has to be divided.

For so long,
I condemned,
Myself to despairing,
Until the end.

But after so long,
I've realised,
I can be happy as I am.