NOT ALTOGETHER WRETCHED.

All in all,
As far as happiness goes,
I’m cheerful when the day went well,
Or to put it another way,
If nothing goes awry
Then I’m fine;
Not exactly full blown golden,
Or sold on the soliliquoy
Of the season,
But otherwise not sad,
And this applies
To the opperating systems of my existence
As well as the end products;
My duties
And caprices,
My treaties.

And recently
I’ve been thinking
That where my love is concerned
Maybe I should listen more,
As she tends to feel the same way I do,
As in not joyless
But simply pinched a bit by anguish,
And that’s probably down to me,
So if I choose to hear her
Then at least
She’ll be pleased,
And,
You know,
In turn,
Ironically,
So might I be.