Little Stabs at Happiness

keep your friends out of (?)
its no coincidence that I've tasted
pervasive patterns of negative
excuses

we built shipwrecks out of relationships
we used expletives as bandages
a match stitch struck sparks a flame
sparks a flame (extinct?)

we attempted little stabs at success
we looked around, we haven't found it yet
a spark extinguished before its ignited
a spark never met

we invented little stabs at happiness
failed attempts at (?)
we invented little stabs at happiness
failed attempts at

we built shipwrecks out of relationships
we used expletives as bandages
a match stitch struck sparks a flame
sparks a flame (?)

we attempted little stabs at success
we looked around, we haven't found it yet
a spark extinguished before its ignited
a spark never met