A Dream found,
Eagerly unwrapped
With a passionate vigour.
New hopes
Seep the horizon
Saturating the air around.
Intense
Determination
Drives away clouds of doubt;
Of discomfort;
Of old, impossible,
Lost hopes.

Somehow,
Somewhen,
Somewhere,
The Dream shattered,
Hopes, crushed.
All that is left:
Longing and despair.
Life becomes
An empty shadow,
Shallow and meaningless.