World is mine

on my way back from the cemetry, crying and feeling desolate, i guess that's when it began;

haunting me to this day, i curse myself and wonder why i stopped when others did not;

through the wind and the rain, in a world that i long to be in, day in and day out, used and thrown away;

if only we could make a life of what we dream, there would be no heaven and no need for (a separate) hell;

a fragile soul caught in the hands of time dying a little everyday i know a change is gonna come there's a place i am going to as i keep chiseling away to carve out a life that is mine i find that place is right here within me; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - this one is riddled with multiple meanings. each stanza can and does mean a lot of things. i started writing this with 2 central themes, but it does extend to a whole lot of various other things. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. - Albert Camus

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient. - Aristotle

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. - Denis Waitley

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheim