Hope Poems | Examples

Gone But Not Forgotten

Life is often fleeting. You hold it in your hand.
It slips right through your fingers just like so much sand.
And the harder that you grasp it the quicker that it goes
And what it all amounts to no one really knows.

I once saw a picture of a child in the sun.
Laughter there upon the lips, eyes so filled with fun.
I once saw a picture of a mother’s painful tears.
Live your life in moments, don’t worry about the years.

I once heard a story. A lesson to be learned.
Someone set a fire and everything was burned.
And there, beneath the ashes was a diamond wrapped in gold.
Though everything must perish, love will not grow old.	

I remember when I knew you as a friend.
And now it all is gone but not forgotten.

Tomorrow Takes Today

Horses will run
what you caught is now gone

my ears ring, the streets sing
with your smile on displace 
tomorrow takes today

The Quiet Pull

A single pill rests on the counter--
quiet, small, almost polite.
I told myself it would stay that way.

But days grew thinner,
hours frayed at the edges
and the quiet promise began to hiss.

Friends laughed. I nodded.
My reflection wavered in the glass,
someone familiar yet gone.

The pull was slow - like water eroding stone,
soft at first, then urgent, unstoppable.

I chased the calm it offered,
unmindful of the shadows it left behind,
the nights pulsing with my heartbeat,
the mornings hollowed and quiet.

One day, I reached for air instead...
for the sharp taste of morning,
for voices that held me without judgment,
for a hand that said;
“You are not this. You are still you.”

Healing does not arrive in a flare.
It creeps softly, day by day
teaching the heart to see once more,
to taste the colors that were dimmed,
to carry the weight of the world
without letting it break the soul.

A Hand in the Dark

She walked through nights no one noticed
feet heavy, heart heavier.
The silence of the world felt overwhelming.
as if kindness had disappeared.

Then, without warning
someone reached for her...
steady, warm, unexpected.
The road behind her remained,
but she could finally move forward.

For nights she had slipped alone
masking grief with pale smiles
hiding pieces of herself -
that no stranger would ever see.

Her legs ached,
her body protested
and still she whispered:
this journey is mine alone.

She found a quiet strength,
somewhere along the way.
As she moved forward,
she held one quiet truth:
even when the night is long,
even in the darkest times...
kindness finds its path.

Little gestures of kindness
can pierce the shadows,
and dawn breaks no matter how long the night.

When she finally stops,
she lifts her face to the sun
and carries one truth:
between falling and standing,
she found him...
and the light he gave her
will walk with her forever.

what keeps me safe

what keeps me safe,
is not a comb,
so rough
upon hair
in this brittle dark.....

Tormented by demons,
tossing and turning,
as I sleep.....
to my own
brain with conflictions
as it soundlessly weeps
and growls.....

This voice, was a mouse,
now I roar
this ruggedly lion
and feel my pulse.....
Its quickening,
like a marathon running....

Masterpieces Sing

Very brutal by nature my mind can confirm,
Poetry marathoners need a cap laced with wisdom,
To grace the desired seats of battlescarred warriors,
The skillet must still burn hotter than Hades.

Surely Marathons are run with endurance and persistence,
So is this one, for my goals are lofty.
Though I lack great speed, power, and technique,
My oak must stand deep-rooted through the storms.

My drafts litter bins as torn scraps of junk,
Haters blot the ink of my masterpiece.
Negativity weighs on my frail shoulder,
Yet my resolve stands steadfast on aching feet.

But no one can deny good poems their glory.
Like smoke they escape all traps and dissipate,
Clutching throats to make their presence felt.
All I need do is write—and hope.

The songs that masterpieces sing
Are heard by the deaf and sung by the dumb.
Their rhythm washes away the dust of imperfection;
They heal the soul and soothe the mind of sorrow.

So, my pen, fill yourself with ink of perfection.
Write on this paper I lay before you—
Another poem no sponsor can deny the top prize.
Write before the last drop runs dry.

AHAYAH ASHAH AHAYAH

Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh
I am the one
greater than the stars
brighter than the sun

all angels are my subjects
and life my children born
be unconditional love
pride leads to scorn

many I have sent
to the blessed jewel of earth
evil cannot see
what humans are worth

evil cannot see
the beauty of a stream
I made it this way
they cannot dream

turn your imagination towards love and light
and heal humanity and the earths plight

I AM
I AM WHAT I SHALL BE
I KEEP MY PROMISES
AHAYAH ASHAH AHAYAH

Just Because

Just because I don't post 
Doesn't mean I don't write
Just because I don't publish 
I still have dreams at night
Just because it's unspoken 
Doesn't mean that I don't 
Just because you won't say it
Doesn't mean that I won't 
Just because I may want to
Doesn't mean that I would 
Just because I still love you 
Doesn't mean that I should 
The things that we want
Sometimes we don't get
Just because we don't see
The plan fully yet
There's no harm in keeping 
The flame still alive
In case I do make it
To one hundred and five

The sun will shine

Feeling dead
Nowhere to turn 
Dead beat ex
I'm stuck 
No way of freeing myself 

Finances so intertwined 
Like a tumour
Attached to something vital 
"We can't operate I'm afraid.
Too risky"

How did I let this happen?
So insidious 
So slow 
A parasite. Unseen, leaching, infecting, invading, taking, taking, taking.

Eventually, clarity. The alternative.
So often dismissed now better than the present.

But I must pay for my blindness.
I must pay the price for hope.
I cannot be set free 
Like a prison sentence.

And, by the way, 
Don't bother looking up
Don't pray or ask for divine help.

Help,
If there is any, 
Is ground level.
Friends, family, gestures, kind words, hugs, a sympathetic emoji in a motivational text.
You've got this
You are strong
I believe in you.

No choice.  Hold tight, wait for better days. 
Nothing is permanent.
Lean into the love and the sun will shine again some day.

Plant a Seed

Plant a seed, watch it grow
How it happens, I don’t know

A little rain, a little sun
But I don’t know how it is done.

Slowly reaching for the sky
Still, I cannot tell you why.

Flowers, trees, weeds, and grain
Just don’t ask me to explain

There’s really just one need: plant a seed.

Plant a seed, dream a dream
Live your life, be extreme

Make a move, diversify
Just don’t ask me to tell you why

Reality from pretend,
You never know just where or when

Lawyers, artists, doctors, too
There’s really nothing you can’t do

There’s really just one need: plant a seed.

A Light Along the Way

"Sometimes the smallest act of kindness becomes the brightest light along our darkest road."


He is one in a million--
a hand that reached out
when the world was silent,
and when kindness was rare.

Reg(Rej), though we have never met,
I feel your goodness
in the way it touched my path.
When I had nowhere to go,
you were there...
proof that the Lord sends hearts
to lift the fallen when hope runs thin!

For twenty-one nights, I walked alone
smiling at strangers…
never letting them see the weight I carried.

My knees ached,
my feet swollen,
my body trembling on the edge of collapse.
And still I told myself:
no one could run this race for me.

So I pressed forward
clutching courage in the dark,
holding on to the feeble flame of hope
that someone, somewhere
would understand without judgment.

Then came you...
A quiet proof that mercy endures,
that kindness still weaves its way through the dark
and even when the night is heaviest,
daylight will arrive.

When I finally reach my destination..
I will turn my face to the sun
and keep this treasure close:
that somewhere along the way home,
I found you...
and kept you in my heart.

Enough For You

Let me be enough for you...
Search for me
Pull me out
Of myself and self doubt
Snake charmer play your magic flute
Snake charmer play your magic flute
Make me believe you love me too
Reach way down deep
Past brick walls
Beyond pretend, to all my flaws
See the Me that I really am
Love me truly if you truly can
Love me truly if you truly can

[chorus]
Let me be enough to deserve the love you give
Let me wake with you each day, and each day let me live
Knowing you know me, yes, you do…
Your enough for me, let me be enough for you.

[verse]
Lift my veil
Reveal my face
Lead me to amazing grace
Overlook the wrong I don't mean to do
And I promise to love you like this too.
Strip me down
to the skin
As innocent as I was then
A new creature without any rust
And show me once again how to trust
Clean me up
with great care
Until I stand before you bare
Let the shame I feel finally go away
Let our lives begin anew today
Let our lives begin anew today

[chorus]
Let me be enough to deserve the love you give
Let me wake with you each day, and each day let me live
Knowing you know me, yes, you do…
Your enough for me, let me be enough for you.

Renaissance

Rain falls wet upon my body,
I lay half-dormant in the gutter of my mind.
Unable to move, it worsens
Striking cold and hard.

Then brightness sifts through parting clouds,
And the sky begins to glow.
I rise, stretch and go my way
As your warmth dries my weary soul.

My Dream Within A Dream

“Day dreams lay dead in dreams, but when life is breathed into them, they soar beyond the boundaries of success.”
— Poet
  My dream is to be great in life,
 That all I touch shall turn to gold,
 And melt like butter on hot knife.
 Thus my reward shall be tenfold,
   Full of thriving, less of strife,
Grow finer, like a wine brewed old~
  That buds find its rhythm in fife,
      A belief I hold in heart bold.

         So surprising it becomes,
When I dreamt this dream in dreams,
   And dance to its beats on drums,
 Then its true essence truly gleams,
     And its true purpose it sums.
    Its starkness guided by beams,
As if life's dreams are like ripe plums,
   That come as easy as they seem,
    Such that to no loss it succumbs.

   True dreams are fulfilled in sleeps,
   And not drowned in dwams' dams,
      Where doubt constantly creeps,
   To make dreams appear as shams,
         Yet my life-dream still peeps
      Through this life's tangled jams,
           To a place no one weeps,
       And free from dreams' logjams.

A Lightening Storm that Sings

A sharp bang it sang,

Which struck down with a loud pang!

Jagged across the sky like a laser beam,

What a streak to see underneath;
the black skies of old!

It lighted the heavens,

And extinguished the flames.

Forever in Jahanam!

Forever in Jahannah!

That is what we are told in legends foretold.

Signs of light seep in the dark abyss!

Showering down hail!

Keeping a tight grip of the rope of the Merciful Lord! 

We shall not fail beneath’s God’s hidden veil!

Read wonderful hope poetry on the following sub-topics: christmas, encouragement, faith, future, inspirational, life, losing, lost, resilience, strength, and more.

• Short Hope Poems
• Famous Hope Poems
• Best Hope Poems
• Read Hope Poems
• Long Hope Poems
• Hope Quotes

Poems Related to Hope

prospect, desire, confidence, anticipation, belief, faith, wish, aspiration, expectation, optimism, promise, ambition, goal, achievement, concern, expectancy, fortune, reverie, endurance, daydream, dependence, fancy, reliance, sanguineness, utopia