I’ve seen people lose their light
when they realize their dream won’t come true.
And although that sounds daunting and gray, it’s real.
When their eyes darken and they bow their heads in disappointment,
I know their dream has been shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.

When they realize that this expectation they’ve been holding onto
disappears into the howling wind, never to be seen again,
almost like a kite with a broken string.

This world that we live in is a dark and merciless place,
made to trap you in your own mind and destroy any light that was once there.
It’s almost a funny thing—expectations and reality.

Because sometimes it’s better for those dreams not to come true.
Not everyone has what it takes to rise from the ashes of broken dreams
and return to make it even better.