Faded smile creeps back on

Engulfed in a mesh of disenchantment and wonder

The girl with a forlorn look walks on.

Remembering the places where happiness lay she wonders

If she could get back it all.

Asked the bewildered stranger “What bothers thee?”

“Matters strange and unknown” is what she said.

“You ought to smile you know, live life effusively, because dear one how long will you suffer like this? It pains me to see you getting dismantled”

To which she replied “Happiness is real when shared”

And all I’m doing is waiting for reality to dawn upon me.