Hope

Sometimes
I feel
All that life has to give
Is unexpected pain
That makes me wonder
Is it all worth the strain?
Where is this all leading to ?
Where does it all go ?
Can someone answer ?
Does anyone know ?

One day
I was walking
Down a busy street
When I came across a little girl
Whom I always meet
She sat there staring
As each passer by walked on
In the death defying heat
Waiting ……..
Hoping…….
That people would give her their shoes
So she could polish them nicely
From her petite forehead
Pearl like drop fell
As she tried her best
To do her job well
And when she was done
A shiny coin she would get
This would be a reward
The fruit of her hard work


It only seems like yesterday
When I had seen a little boy
He sat on this very park bench
Holding his little toy
He just sat there…..
Watching ……
The children at their play
I wondered
What made him sit there
Watching the other children so gay
Suddenly ……
It hit me
like a ton of bricks.
I realized
This little boy had no legs
A wheelchair came to his rescue .
Just in time .
And he raced in it
Towards his playmates
In the sunlight that spilt all around
It was that glow in his eyes
The sound of bells
In his laughter
That made the park sound and look
Like heaven .


Then I saw a lady
Her husband had left her behind
So that she had to face
This world
Full of cruelty and hardship
On her own
As his body
With his face ever so peaceful
Was carried off
Into a world unknown
Her eyes brimmed with tears
And her face
Was marked with loneliness
As she stood there
Not saying a word
But,
This face had a smile
Which was both
Joy and sorrow
A smile that showed
She was proud
Proud that her love had fought-
Fought for his nation
And he would always be remembered
By the coming generations
And there she stood
Like a woman
A woman who was lost
Lost in a dream

Sometimes……
People fail to comprehend
When things go wrong
That there is
Always someone behind them
And his name is Hope
He makes them see that
There is still a chance –
A chance for the better
It was then I realized
I was a fool –
A fool to be bogged down
By a misery of my own
A world in which,
If Misery abounds ,
Can never be a home .
So……..
Now when I am feeling low
I put a smile on my face
To make it glow .
Then I try my best , sit back
And wait ……..
And let Hope do the rest .