A TO Z

In a dictionary
Somewhere between
Shit and Syphilis
I found Sympathy
The self-wallowing kind
That only you yourself
Can understand

Somewhere between
Loss and lucidity
I found love
But it was only a word
That could never describe
How I felt

Somewhere between
Pathos and perfunctory
I found peace
But only in a
Perfunctory manor

Somewhere between
Life and Death
I tried to find happiness
But it was not there
Perhaps it would come later