A straw of hope
And so we carry on, best laid plans and all that. Here we were, we had extended the expended the effort we had to offer, we had appealed to those in a better position to take an action to find a resolution but, and here we cannot be prejudiced by our own disappointment, no solution was found. So we will carry on, we will do our best but our best will be disappointing, it will be disappointing to ourselves and it will be disappointing to others. But perhaps we still have hope, a straw of hope.
Pay the Price 
