The cycle

hoping and praying

trusting and betraying

lusting and gorging

swallowing and chocking

getting and losing

touching and bruising

loving and healing

giving and stealing

smiling and crying

hello-ing and goodbye-ing

fighting and failing

hurting and paying

yearning and burning

tasting and learning

collecting and wasting

forgetting and regretting  

and still asking for more

until the end of it all

until dust.