Hope

Hope comes again

   it’s been here before

 its contours

    shape

      heft

is familiar

   I feel the flutter

     of its wings

 as it approaches

   swooping in slow

  hesitation

     and then

a quick change

    return

it lands finally

  in my heart

hope welcome home

    every cell

       rejoices

in its possibility

    its vibrance

it brings with it

   dreams of dew dropped mornings

 shining petals of perfect flowers

    glistening sands washed clean

      by sparkling waves

the sun setting in glorious colors

     again and again

hope whispers

   fragility is the essence

its breath

   barely a flutter

“I am here

    always

 even in the darkest night

   but sometimes you don’t see me

hidden

   in your fears and worries

but trust

   look deep into my eyes

they are yours

   trust

I will never leave”

   and with that

hope takes flight

   again

into a giant sky

   a magnificent

scary real world

   and I watch

until it disappears

     hope

comes and goes

   and yet

a whisper remains

   a flutter of a leaf

falling to the ground

   a wing of a hummingbird

resting now

   folded tight

  hidden

     hope

a seed

   underground

a tear not yet fallen

     a laugh

just before

   it bubbles to the surface

have hope

    that hope returns

        is always here

for the day is long

     a sunset will come again

and sunrise will follow night

    hope waits

patiently at the door

   to be let in

 open

   your arms

your heart

   to hope

I am

   hopeful

for hope.