Hopeless Hope
What sort of misery can engulf a hopeless man that leads him to seek the solace of hope?
How deep is the despair that a faithless man develops faith?
Misery and despair greater than that which plunged you into a state of hopelessness and made you a man without faith.
The word “hope” lost meaning when my mom died.
I hoped and i hoped that she’d get better but she didn’t.
And she died.
My hope died with her.
I didn’t think i’d find myself wanting a flicker of hope again but here i was.
I didn’t know i needed love until i met him.
And I didn’t know i needed hope again until now.
I stared at his tombstone, my eyes filled with tears that i refused to let fall.
If they fell, it’d mean i lost hope once again.
So i stood there with glassy eyes and i waited and waited…