When folded is the showman’s tent;

That she who pathos renders best

Has loudest laugh in merriment.

Thus, vice versa is the theme,

Or, “all things are not what they seem.”

Sadness to Joy is as a twin,

One rules without, one rules within.

My life is full of love and joy,

My heart-strings, though, with sadness tuned.

Then do not ask me to destroy