Monday, 15 July 2013

HOPE

HOPE
By Frances Harris


Hope is an elusive vein that ripples through humanity,
A treasured quality, not an object, not a thing,
But something that keeps the heart beating steadily,
When everything seems lost,
Hope encourages us to explore, to ask, to review,
To look in places where we previously did not,
Hope rides on the back of new ideas, discoveries, inventions,
And most of all, it is the reason why we don’t give up,
Hope shines in the eyes of a child, a new parent, a teacher,
Always present, it is ours to grasp, if we will,
Those among us, when we find hope, grab on to it with both hands,
Because we know it is real,
 In hope we learn the value of the wait, patience, generosity,
Because from these things, new promises come forward,
More than gold or silver, hope leads us toward meaning,
It offers us new beginnings,
Hope is the wellspring of fresh clean waters,
If not for us, then for others passing through this existence,
It is good will, magnified, purified and ours if we care to reach out for it,
Hope never dies; it passed through, from one to another.


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