Dilemma

A cold happiness has gripped my heart, A warm grief has departed, I am left as I was – And indifferent friend I have gained, A sympathetic foe I have lost! To keep pace with time how hard didn’t I try? But in the anxiety left my destination behind, I jumped sky high to sweep down a handful of shimmering stars but missed my foothold. I rejoiced in woe and grieve now in felicity – Why do I seek to reap the wild winds of death? Why do I shy away from the balmy breeze of life? My Days are Dark" contest by Poet Destroyer A