Hope

 Hope.

I didn’t have any for so long. When I go outside at night and look up at the stars I get a little glimpse of God. When I read this passage for the first time I realized that I was in the right place. That now my life has hope.

One Day at a Time

One tear stain

One quiet rain

Running down the cheeks

Of a man who’s known the pain

And it doesn’t subside

Without doubt inside

Telling me again and again

“You really should have died”

Hope lost, buried down

So far underground

That all I could see 

Was the world through darkened clouds

Until a starlit night

Came clear into sight

And my drowning spirit

Found just a little (hope) inside

‘Who then made all this?’

Saw the world through a new lens

And slowly as the tears dried

Started to look up again

Hasn’t been the easiest task

To find hope instead of a flask

But over those first hard days

Found a peace that lasts

And on nights like this

When I look up at the stars, make a wish

I breathe in, breathe out

And let God do the rest

Sun will shine at dawn

And I get to wake, with a yawn

Face this life, everyday

Knowing the true pain is gone

One day at a time.

10/13/22

clc

~ Peace

The Burtle