Reverse

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Both can hinge on

Waiting

Anticipating

Expecting

Depending on the outcome

Desired or uninvited yet unavoidable

Both demand a witness

Once fulfilled

To acknowledge, support

The moving forward, maintaining of something achieved

Or just the ability to stand

We grow up being pushed to one

Internally

Or taking on the pressure of another’s

Do this,

Big

Inspiration boards

Shoot for the moon

You work for it

Are measured by your effort towards its fulfillment

Plan

Strive

The other

Diametrically opposed in emotion

The unraveling of the picture of the former

Not taught or encouraged

Some wield it like a weapon

Most avoid it

An uninvited indelible resident

Trying to run from the weight of its fog

The density of vapor a burdensome blanket

Unable to lift the edge to come out

The aloneness suffocating

You will be judged if yours is too big or too small

Compared to what someone else assumed it should be

Or how you react or handle yours

Too much

Too little

Too often

Not enough

Inconvenient

Uncomfortable

Embrace your own

Don’t be another one who’s buried

In aspiration or deprivation

Both demand a witness

To make it meaningful

To let go

Ride the wave

Some say Grief is a Dream in reverse