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