Expectations Overturned

Something that has always kept niggling my mind, something that has always managed to make a fool of me.

Expectations Overturned

I’ve always wondered,

Why do we expect?

Expect people to do things for us,

Expect God to put all pieces just right for us, all the time,

When more often than not, we know,

This has led to just disappointment.

I’ve always wondered,

Why do we nurture expectations?

When more often than not, we know,

This has led to everything but happiness,

Expectations overturned and dreams shattered.

And in spite of knowing this fact,
That more often than not,
Unfulfilled expectations have lead me into deep, dark dungeons of sadness,
What has kept me going through all these years,
Is that the extremely occasional moments when these are fulfilled,
Have led to elateness undefined.