When Hope Speaks

It’s that one moment
 Breath before the final word
 Whisper in darkness
 When Hope Speaks
 It's that soft beating
 The pulse generating speed
 Excitement building
 When Hope Speaks
 When She sings her melody
 Calmly
 When She holds out her hand
 Steady
 When She looks into my eyes
 Unblinking
 Loneliness begins It wraps my being in A coarse blanket of Animosity and fear
 With a pillow of Poison to rest my head on
 And I sleep With dreams of darkness
 Of nightmares and rage
 Of terrors and loathing
 When I’m falling from my bed
 When I’m hitting the floor hard When my eyes snap open wide-
 When Hope Speaks
 When She brushes me off
 Gently
 When She smiles upon me
 Knowingly
 When She is weeping for me
 Lovingly
 When she gives me a reason
 To live on