Bedazzled

Bedazzled, bedraggled, torn in two
We smile for the camera and cry out loud
The inner image of long lost friendships
And carrion that they become over years
Of hardship and struggle and swimming
Against the current of the manly world
The winners and losers all tumble out
And in the dim, dark shadowy world
Of ocean depths within the soul
No one knows what spoils and tortures
The hearts and minds of those
Who can no longer keep trying
And so we cheer all the more
When one of our own hits the jackpot
Of outrageous fortune with all its bells
And whistles and confetti and glitter
And we fly, fly, fly once again.