Why

Sometimes life takes crazy twists and turns,
Days which are supposed to be your happiest, end up being your worst.
Things which are supposed to give you pleasure and joy
Leave you in despair and utter turmoil.
Why cant things be simple and straight
Happy when you want them to or just pass away?
Or why can’t we be as solid as a rock
Let nothing affect us and move on without any blocks?
Why do we let our emotions carry us away,
Into thoughts of misery and dismay?

Can’t we be happy all the way
Singing and dancing and have a merry stay?
Is it necessary to have these ups and downs,
Constant mood swings, laughter followed by frowns?
Why can’t we be there when someone wants us the most
When we want to be helpful but are helplessly lost?

There is nothing we can do but sit and stare
Watch life gamble away, with our emotions at stake
Bringing sadness to happiness and happiness to sad
Is that one statement - that this time will also go away.
The only thing constant, the only thing which will not stay
Which will play with our feelings, our situations, our states.
Why can’t we let time standstill just for awhile?
Till we solve all our problems and absorb the happiness that’s there…