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Katie Doty - False Hope

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A girl came outside, <br />And kneeled right beside, <br />A tiny mound of soil. <br /> <br />She lifted a bowl, <br />Then let the drops roll, <br />And down it came as soft as oil. <br /> <br />Each day she would leave, <br />And the seed would receive, <br />A stream of water—never late. <br /> <br />She waited for years, <br />But nothing appeared, <br />And yet she continued to wait. <br /> <br />Years later she married, <br />Then he, too, carried, <br />The burden of the seed. <br /> <br />Frustrated he was, <br />But she wasn’t because, <br />She knew the plant would succeed. <br /> <br />He told her that forever, <br />It would not grow, not ever, <br />But she just said to not lose hope. <br /> <br />He could not believe, <br />That it did not peeve, <br />Or even cause her to mope. <br /> <br />Sadly after several years, <br />She became filled with tears, <br />Then she was taken from that life. <br /> <br />But the man didn’t stop, <br />And still watered that crop, <br />So that it would grow for his wife. <br /> <br />Still yet it did not, <br />And left him distraught, <br />Until he ripped it right out of the ground. <br /> <br />He sat there in awe, <br />Confused that he saw, <br />It was just a button that he had found.<br /><br />Katie Doty<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/false-hope-17/

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