HOPE ( Poem, winner of The Great British Write Off)

HOPE

Hope is where the heart is

Hope is when you open the door

Hope is hoping that love will arrive

Hope is hoping that there is not much to strive

Hope is hoping you will come back

Hope is that the light comes back

I’m opening the door

Where there is much more

A strong shaft of light

That can conquer this fright

I’m not sure of anything anymore

But I so want, need much more

My hope is for ever more

Even if you do not come back

It wasn’t through trying

But it was your lack

Lack of trying

Yet here I stand

With my hand

Tentatively, hesitantly

Love has taught me to be cautious

Love has taught me to be patient

Love has taught me it can all go wrong

Love has taught me it can be a splendid thing

A heart full of joy, bliss

This heart does surely miss

So today I am placing hope in first place

A hope for you and me

That there is a better place

A place of real hope

For love and adoration

For our duration

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

24^th June 2015

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