the great tragedy of life

"i wish i wanted what i had"
this was her greatest wish. her only wish, she told me. she didn't want anything more than that.
but it was the One Thing that she couldn't have.
no matter
how
hard
she
tried.
and that was the tragedy that screamed out from her life.

i am starting to see it in every life. the heartbreaking truth of the promised happiness that will never come.
and that is the tragedy that screams out from mine.