“Hopes and Dreams”
By Ashley O’Hare
Hopes and dreams
get beat down
by convenience and realities.
They will give you reasons
A to Z
why it is not meant to be.
I wish one person
had been brave enough to tell me
that the ball is in my court.
With enough practice
when I shoot,
I will score.
Life does not have to be
a comfortable bore-
I desperately want more.