What is Hope?
Hope is a wanting,
A Longing,
A Waiting,
And a Haunting.
Things so close
So tangible
But never to be reached.
Hope is false
Untruthful
And cruel.
Tormenting her believers
With her deadly grasp.
Keeping them to believe
All her lies of promised success
And fortune.
Hope is a haunting.
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