One day we will stand
Having run, and striven and fought
We've seen all that we planned
Quickly come to nought
But then, ah yes, we'll know
It wasn't doomed at all
There are reasons this and that were so
We didn't always fall
But isn't the wait all too much, sometimes?
Debbie Loraine Kean
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/taking-the-long-view/