My happiness took a leave of absence
Possibly permanent
I never should have loosened the leash
But freedom heavily begs
Pulls at you like a tie
Constricting around your
Deliciously pulsing neck
It need’s releasing

After, what are you left with?
The desolate vacancy
Lingers like raindrops trapped
Underneath merciless rocks
You can raise the corners of your mouth
Make your tongue dance
Like a puppet bound
To copious strings
Show glistening pearls
That are easy on the eyes
Of a hungry man

But life will never be the same
Unless you capture
Escaped happiness
That slithered from your grasp
And it may be sickeningly cliché,
But you can never stop looking