I Bargained For Happiness Poem by Avinash Nair

I bargained for happiness,
With every bit of subtleness
That I could muster,
As I needed happiness
With all its true lustre,
For I was desperate
As lonesome despair
And longing hate
Grew stealthily in me
To live, to be
I needed happiness
With all its glory
So, I bargained for happiness
But alas! I was given none
And as for my sane mind, hoary
With seeping sadness
I had to watch it die
With nothing else to be done.