As the future unfolds 
does the wonder hold 

the predictability of your life 
silenced by a touch of the dark 

As the daybreaks 
with that familiar ache 

are chances more than 
one to one 

that life still offers
mysteries promised

that tomorrow comes
with some kind of hope

if we can rule out 
happy endings 

can we at least 
substitute 

something grotesquely 
interesting