Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Pain of Hope (poem)

It's true that hope can hurt.
Like in times of heartbreak or rejection,
when we dared to hope for more
than we were ultimately given.

We hope to be finally understood,
to have someone witness our darkest demons
and stand against them with us,
instead of running away in fear or horror.

We hope to find that we're not too broken,
that we're not just shards of glass
scattered across a cold cement floor,
waiting to be swept up and thrown out.

We hope for so much,
and then heartbreak stomps its way in,
crushing our deepest hopes
as we're forced to say goodbye.

But for all of hope's pain,
hopelessness is a worse affliction -
the belief that we will never be understood,
that we truly are too broken.

Because when we find ourselves lost,
disconnected and alone,
hope is sometimes all we have:
the hope of finding help,
of rescue.

-Zero

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