Hope

Written for Writer's Cramp, 2/8/07
Prompt: write about finding something you thought was lost forever

The grass stayed cold as I walked by
My skies remained a distant grey
I wanted to give at least a try
On this frigid, February day

I walked along the lonely road
The presence of nothing at my side
My pace of walk began to slow
Something in me had lied

I felt the feeling deep down
It was a feeling I had lost
I felt a revealing turn-around
And unthawed from my past’s frost

There was no reason furthermore
That I had left to lament
For this, I simply could no longer store
Even to my heart’s content

I let the feeling into the air
As I couldn’t even mope
With the feeling I just had to bear
And that feeling was hope

(20 lines)