The Grief That Never Was

Alas! my soul.
Another dream shattered;
Hope—worn, tattered.

Joy, made dull—
Exuberant song:
Farewell gone.

‘Tis the fear, realized—
Reality: no escape.
Oh! what loathsome fate.

Wait!

Remembrance, fails me…
Wasn’t there…something?
Or, was it…nothing?

Surely, ‘twas dreadful.
(Pondering)
(Wondering)

O, heart, what rejoicing!
Grief: redeemed, restored—
His blessed reward.