Hope

Little wings

Curled up

Pink and breathless

So it seems.

A twitch

A blink

Life!

Hope!

It was all that I need

To believe in this dream.

Feed it.

Love it.

Protect it with your life.

It will guide you in the darkest times.

About the poem:

I wrote this poem in a period of much uncertainty. The self employment program that I was part of for one year was ending in one month and I was in the middle of job searching. I was thinking about how precious that feeling of hope is, how it enables you to move forward even when there is uncertainty. It helps to stay calm and happy. Hope can be there even during the dark times, which is when it is sorely needed. When I came home from the mental health ward the first time, I felt like my life was in pieces. I had to keep hope that it would all come together again and be a beautiful artwork that would make sense one day.

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