I once saw a maze
It’s name was
Love

Only the pure
The clean
The good
Could be seen from the outside

It looked so inviting, so tempting, so good
To my cold, dark, heart
So I entered the maze

Not ever looking back

On the way in
The guide and I we met
Her name was-
Happiness
And we began our journey

Now the maze was deceptive
It twisted
And turned
I saw love in all of its glory-
And peril

At times Love got darker
All was pitch-black it seemed
But Happiness led on
Her presence it gleamed

Happiness and I
We laughed with each other
Sometimes we fought and sometimes we argued
At times she seemed rather dim
But to me she was always present

We soon came to a tunnel
And passed a man called Struggle
He had a crazed look in the eye
And he laughed when he tried to rob me of Happiness

But I fought and I kicked and I knocked Struggle down
Then I picked Happiness up
And we continued on
Hand-in-hand

Struggle continued to follow us
Tried to break us apart
But I didn’t really care
I just wanted to be on my way
And free of my past despair

So we continued on

We soon came to a table and on it was a key
Happiness leaned over
Picked it up
And offered it for me

The key it shone and on it it read
Your Heart

Happiness then clapped
And a chest soon appeared
I took the key and turned it
And then the chest disappeared

Struggle was gone
Happiness was missing,
I sighed and cried
But then I felt
A weird sensation
Deep in my chest

My heart was now open
And the maze melted away
Love now stood before me
Eyes bright and ablaze

Love grabbed me
And Hooked me
And tore my heart out
And fit it right back in
A little more softer
And a little more wiser

For I now know
Love is happiness
It is struggle

It is-
A Maze