Why?

Why is it that, despite our best attempt
At cheerfulness, it seems we are exempt
From all the grins and smiles that
Presume to warm the heart?
Assurances that all fall flat
And end before they start…
No wonder we are gripped with such contempt.

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Written while listening to the soundtrack to Final Fantasy XII:  The Zodiac Age (2017), composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata with Nobuo Uematsu.