Hope is

Hope is trust
Hope is courageous
To hope is to go to war on all that tells you there is no point
To hope is to stand up and face the onslaught of the hard
It will not always be this way

Yet hope has no guarantees for change
So perhaps it’s more that I will not always be this way?

My heart was harmed by the never changing heart of another
The scars run deep and make breathing hard some days

Hope deferred makes the heart sick
This is true
This has been my truth

Why then, have I not stopped hoping?

To stop would mean to let go of the hand that holds mine in the darkness
To stop would leave me lost
So I hold on tighter
I trust
I hope
I know
I will not always be this way

naomi sarah