we look before and after and pine for what is not

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we look before and after and pine for what is not

Your input looks like a poetic phrase or a verse fragment. It expresses a thoughtful, perhaps melancholic idea about searching—"we look before and after"—and yearning for something that doesn't exist or is unattainable—"pine for what is not." If you’d like, I can help you expand it into a full poem, analyze its meaning, or assist in another way with these lines. Just let me know!