Caret

wanting in this world&mdash;
 * What is it? To each and all

Different desires come,
 * Tides of longing rise and fall.

Hopes of youth still unfulfilled,
 * Homes that have an empty chair,

Gulfs that gape and pits that balk;
 * Something wanting everywhere.

Can we fill the gap with love,
 * Forge the missing link with gold?

Let the heart be ne'er so warm,
 * Still one portion blank and cold.

Broken chords are but our share;
 * Harmony with discord blends;

Fate's dull web but coarsest cloth,
 * Patched with finer odds and ends.