Fate

 I think it's a little unfair, the way that fate tempts us with a happy ending. 

Fate thinks she is so clever. She enjoys games because they never hurt her. She enjoys them because they hurt other people.

Every time there is a glimmer of the future, you realize it is the moon of a dark night reflecting in a black pool of water.

When you reach for the light, the water ripples and pushes your boat back to where it started.

I think I will keep reaching out anyway.

Fate cannot tempt me and win.

-Emma Lancaster

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