I NEED TO BE HAPPY

I NEED TO BE HAPPY

(© Patrícia Evans)

I could ask him
to buy me a cup of coffee
every morning
so he could make his phone calls
or I could wait in the hall,
I wouldn't care...

I could wear the Goofy disguise
or some invisible cape.

I could tell to my friends
I am not in love,

I'm ok being alone,

I'm a really busy woman.

I could answer
we are good friends
to any suspicious question.
I could hold the wonderful feeling
there's no world outside our room
for longer than three days.

I could stay here with mom.
I could wait for him to come
once a year, maybe twice...

I could live the rest of my life,
one day or hundred years,
(we never know...)
with one tiny piece of his happiness
but I wouldn't survive one day
to the smallest pale shadow
of his unhappiness.

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