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Arthur Edward Waite, Blank Verse, Pamela Colman Smith, Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Seven of Cups, The Original Rider Waite, Tudor Rose back design
I longed for her in lonely nights
I chased her in my days
They told me
She was worthy not
Of all that pain
They told me she will cheat me
They told me she was fake
They told me that too many
Were burned out
Like that
Prompted by desire
Fueled by false hope
I chased that idea
That once seemed so hot
L.R.S.

Seven of Cups in Tarot traditionally denotes illusions and pipe dreams
(1909 deck, no longer under copyright)
“Strange chalices of vision, but the images are more especially those of the fantastic spirit. Divinatory Meanings: Fairy favours, images of reflection, sentiment, imagination, things seen in the glass of contemplation; some attainment in these degrees, but nothing permanent or substantial is suggested.”
A.E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, illustration by Pamela Colman Smith