In your unfinished story,
the hopelessness
of too many blank pages
never to be filled,
has lodged itself
deeply into your soul
like a beastly splinter.
Sometimes you relish
the delusion of taking
sweet revenge,
by writing more
pleasant endings
to soothe your bruised ego.
Other times,
you are simply grateful for
how you were spared
the flash of disappointment
that follows
unfulfilled expectations.
november child 
March 12, 2017 at 8:49 pm
This has far more depth than appears at first. The conflict between art aspirations and what the public want. If the happier endings mean the pages were filled after all, might this not lead to a success which fulfills the expectations in a different way?
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March 12, 2017 at 9:25 pm
It should. Personally I think that expectations no matter by whom are always a hindrance to creativity. Realistically I know it’s very hard to see beyond them.
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March 12, 2017 at 9:37 pm
True. Far better to dismiss all expectations and simply to do one’s thing.
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March 12, 2017 at 11:08 pm
The fewer expectations we can bring to a thing, the more we can get out of it, and the more we can see the truth in it
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March 13, 2017 at 3:45 am
Dalai Lama says the key to happiness is to keep your expectations low!
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March 13, 2017 at 9:02 am
The lower our expectations, the more satisfying modest praise becomes.
Click to read my story!
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March 15, 2017 at 11:23 am
the flash of disappointment
that follows unfulfilled expectations
Many may not take it if it is kept too high! It is a question of maturity to be able to stomach it!
Hank
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