The Getting

A poem

Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash

The truth is what we hide
While we talk about anything but
While secretly hoping someone will read our minds
And equally praying they do not

We know just what we want
But worse than wanting is the getting
And then the disappointment 
And lastly the regretting 

The lie is what we tell ourselves 
So we won't stop believing 
A hope that we sell ourselves 
To distract us from our grieving 

But worse than all hope lost
Is any hope fulfilled 
Because it is the hoping
Not the getting 
That strengthens our will 

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