just around the bend

you believe

from early on, that money

will

fix things.

love too,

houses and cars,

jobs,

degrees

of some sort.

friends.

maybe a dog,

a child or two.

it's just around the bend

this thing

called happiness.

just out

of reach,

that carrot making

you pull

the cart further down

the road.

believing

that it's all true.