What expectation can I hold that I will
desire without fear of unfullfilment.

If life holds no desire
then it's no life at all.

If life's desires are
unfullfiled it is no life at all.

I have no life at all,
and yet I continue.

And this is all that hope can do.

John Kipling Lewis

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-that-hope-can-do/