Happiness is something that we all want but is the hardest to obtain. Nothing in this life is ever easy, and every day is a trial that we must overcome. But sometimes the odds feel stacked up against us, and there is no reason to keep pushing, to keep trying. And escape takes us by the hand, telling us to let go, and we listen. And we disappear, and the world leaves us behind. And our lives become unfinished, broken pieces of promise, and we are cut deep from the shards of regret because we stopped trying, never realizing that happiness was close in hand. And if only we struggled to keep our heads above water, fought harder to walk along broken road would we have found solid ground, dreams taking flight, and love waiting to erase the darkness that had held us, and this is why we could never give up. No matter how painful the tragedy, a silver lining remains.