Hope



This loneliness
This emptiness
Spreads through my body
Like a cancer, growing and
Becoming worse with each
Passing day, until finally
I am left a withered shell
Of my former self.

Oh how I yearn to be
Happy once again
Wild and carefree
Like a floating butterfly
Riding the gentle breeze
To find that sweet nectar
Of permanent contentment.

I walk through life
In a dream-like state
Worries and fears
Veering me off course
Until I am lost in
My own darkness and despair.

But all is not dark
A bright ray of light
Pierces the obscure
Shadows of my mind
And fills me with hope.

Hope that pushes me
Onward, toward something
I have been searching for
My entire life.

HOPE
LOVE
HAPPINESS
FRIENDSHIP
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Submitted on February 22, 2021

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Characters 659
Words 125
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4

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