1. A page was written, if only it would come true
Its title being “The Rest of the Hopeful when in Despair”

2. A nagging promise in my heart has become withered
My chest bursting with it after so long coveting

3. An illusion which seduced me, the flash of years
Until I reached out to it with cupped hands

4. Only to find a rock, if you were to strike it
With Moses’ stick, it would not gush water

5. As if it was molded by miserliness and lies
Giving it a soul and breath

6. A dog growls when his visitor comes
Until when one bearing a gift arrives, he whimpers