Half Full, Half Empty Poem by Elizabeth Sheaffer

The glass is half full
But pretty soon it will be empty
As empty as your lonely soul
Pour another drink
Everything looks better through those rose colored glasses
The whole world looks better
Bathed in that amber glow
Swallow your regrets
Drown your misconceptions
Wash away your pain
Pick up another pint on the way home
That's what it takes to get through the day
What were you thinking, trying to be happy?
People like you are always the same
Destined for nothing but loneliness and pain
What were you thinking, trying to be happy?
The glass is half empty
The bottle's contents ever lower
Much like your self-esteem
But everything looks better
Bathed in that amber glow
So pour another drink
Your strife is nearly over.
'Why do you write as if your subject is another? '