Faint Hope

Faint hope, forgotten long ago,
    Has risen from inside
And broken free to shine and grow
    Like sea waves stretching wide. 

It lay within, unknown until
    I dared to bring it out
To sing its song and voice its will, 
    All free and all about. 

I nearly let it die alone
    Within my darkest dream,
Until I heard its limpid tone
    And saw its lucid gleam. 

I’m now much gladder and relieved
    Of burden and of needs
Which hurt far more than I believed
    And sowed pernicious seeds. 

The world is free again, at last, 
    To take me in its fold,
Before the void’s long shadow’s cast
    To cage me in the cold. 

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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