Dhamma reflection in poem

When the dream doesn’t come true!

I had a big dream of going overseas,
To further my studies, to improve my knowledge
Days and night, I planned with my sister,
We discussed and thought many times.

We had big dreams and high hopes,
Happily we lived in our dream,
My dream was her dream,
And her dream was my dream.

Then I received the news,
The scholarship is for others,
The dream was burst,
All plannings came to naught.

We were in surprise,
and couldn’t believe at first.
How we cherished the dream!
How we loved that dream!

But then this bad news was good news.
Now, we have finished that dream,
And realized the emptiness of that dream.
It was daydreaming and night-planning.

If the kamma is there, it will be fulfilled,
If the kamma is not there, it will not be fulfilled.
Though we do things with diligence and effort,
But maybe ‘fate’ prefers us to stay in Myanmar.

Now, we get on with our lives in Myanmar,
We move to next planning in charity works,
Maybe we continue to dream more,
But dreaming makes us happy.

Whatever fulfilled or unfulfilled dreams,
We have many hopes for the future,
Even though some hopes left unfulfilled,
But least we have beautiful hopes!