life's irony

It's been a pretty long time
Many events change
The plot isn't how it used to be
Circles surround me
Ripples move
It's been too long a time

All times
Sometimes
When you feel you've gotten an inch closer
Then you think and you declare yourself a loser
Look again
Replay the events
There is something you didn't do better

Life's too short
Regret has wires that are too taut
A little tension
A small action
Could make all tumble
Smile
Live in fantasy
It's better that way

She asked,
'Why are you happy?'
I reply,
'I try to be happy'
Maybe it's true
It really is
'Cause there's a focus-shift
When I'm happy

Life doesn't offer you ease
You have to earn it else you freeze
Dream on
Move on
Make the sun shine on your gloom
Else you loom
Into your doom
'Cause life is too short
To nurse wounds