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Tonight it was going to snow I force myself to stay awake until it does I sit by the window and stare outside  Looking closely in order not to miss the snow fall  So far no snow Only rain, only more rain And disappointment  It’s 3 am  I go back to bed Only to jump out instantly and look out the window again  No snow still  I go back to my bed disappointed yet again  I do this until I become too tired to do it again  I lie on my back  Slowly drifting into slumber  With the hope, that morning will be white and magical When I wake up  The first thing I do is go to the window to see what I waited for all night,  To see what I missed all night. Alas, no snow.  T'was a false alarm  The kind my heart gave me when I thought it was love, But it was only nothing.   Maybe I sat by the window all night to see the snow fall  Maybe I was waiting for something that my heart wante...

No matter how well aware we are of the fact that expectations lead to disappointments, we never stop expecting. We may try to convince ourselves but subconsciously we all expect something or the other.  Every morning, we wake up expecting mom to cook us breakfast, lunch and dinner. We expect dad to work for us and earn us a living. And then the endless expectations from our siblings. Parents expect us to perform well career wise, expect love and respect which we most happily give, yet disappointments are inevitable because so are expectations.  And did I forget to mention the countless expectations we have from our friends and peers? Well, it's needless to say that we expect our friends to treat us the same way we treat them. But that's like expecting a lion not to attack you because you're sweet to it.  In this era of Whatsapp and Facebook, we usually expect the other person to drop a message, to call, to send a text, to strike a conversation and more...