Cursed

CURSED ARE THE BIRTHS

that make up their dreams

that never quite come true

except in their dreams

CURSED ARE THE DREAMS

that live for their birth

that wait to be fertile

yet accept not the dawn

CURSED ARE THE DAWNS

that refuse to shine brightly

that refuse to give birth

that refuse to grant dreams

BUT BLESSED ARE THE QUIETUSES

that accepted the unrealized births

that rejected lives bereft of dreams

that allowed mortal risks to dawn