Wants not Needs

 I swim in the ebb and flow
of life's cycles eternal tide
to birth and life grasping
what stories living has to offer

there's comedy in cycles circle
cruel pranks of enticement
only to be cruelly withheld
ambitions become unreachable

love for instance becomes a dream
comforts are shown from windows
of someone's living room
leaving bitter tastes in one's palate

the ache that lingers
none can actually share
for each their own disappointment
each to their dimensions of despair

wishing to find the missing half making us whole
achieve  the dreams we search to own
our wishes of hearth and home
with all that we wish for within

But I like every fool alive
steadfastly stand with hopes ablaze
chants within 'tomorrow is another day'
to continue striving towards that banquet table
of everything opulent beautiful and desirable.