When Longing Is Tested

When you desire something with all your might,

Sometimes the universe tests you, day and night.

It's not that it wants to snatch your dream away,

But merely to test you in every conceivable way.

Just to be sure, and set its own heart at ease,

Confirming your true passion it perceives.

You know that ache, that deep, consuming fire, 

When all your being burns with one desire? 

And just as hope begins to feel so near, 

The path grows steep, obscured by doubt and fear. 

It's not the world conspiring to deny, 

But testing whispers, "How much will you try?"

It checks your heart, to see how true you are, 

Before cosmos lets you reach that shining star.