The Other Side
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it’s starting to get harder
to hold up hope,
it is heavier, faster
cascading through riverbeds
into water that will flow right through
to your bones, freezing
hope is so small now,
a least where it lives
it’s grown smaller
as the world grows so large
this new hope is paralyzing
unexpected and rogue
it is heavy, dangerous, lonely,
but we adapt, we are strangely resilient beings
each day is a new exercise
we are building up new muscles
that allow us to start holding it up again
our arms grow weak without others
so we are demanding hope this time
instead of waiting
this impossible to reach miracle
we want to share it
hope is love shared in communities
hope is slippery and impatient
love is hope shared with others
we may need to hold on tighter,
it’s starting to slip through our gaps
hope is life, impossible, but there
Because we are there –
The ocean we fought
So hard
To cross
To reach the other
Widening into a vast expanse
Of unwanted –
Unanticipated
Opportunity
We never knew was
There.
This time we
Refuse to
Sink into
The void –
Lifeless and longing
For more.
Anticipating the end,
As we are
Dragged by a current
We cannot withstand.
Hope is the
Life we chose
When we dove –
Blindly
With eyes wide open
Into this –
Whatever this maybe –
It is born of hope -
Harnessed by the
Wind.
And sealed by
A burning flame.
Hope -
Is our arms
Striking outwards
And our legs
Butterflying -
Into the wings
We will use
To fly.
Bound.
And.
Free.
At will.
At last
About the Creator
River and Celia in Underland
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Well-wrought! "Hope is the thing with feathers..."
Wow!! Congratulations on your Top Story!🎉🎉🎉
Marvelously penned!!!1❤️❤️💕
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Congrats on the top story!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
The heartbreak and longing for a path out of the darkness is so crushingly beautiful!! Truly breath taking, congrats on Top Story, btw!!
All we have is hope and some fight to get us to a better place. Great poem. Congratulations on the Top Story!
Congratulations on top story 🎉 The imagery of water and how hope flows through us, slipping but still there—it’s so relatable. And that ending? Turning struggle into wings to fly? That’s just... chef's kiss. Great work!
This is beautifully done. The feelings this poem evokes are so apt. I’m sending all my love. 💗
Congrats on the Top Story! I loved this piece. The way the lines got smaller and smaller was a nice touch. Beautiful writing!
There is so much hope sprinkled within this piece while yearning for a better life. This line was simple yet to me, so powerful, it says so much about love and vulnerability. ‘ our arms grow weak without others’
Very moving piece! Congratulations on your top story both of you 🥰
Your hope is inspiring. I admire how it moves/has moved. The question in my mind is one of how hope influences. A river shaping rock feels a good metaphor to me. A confluence of influence. Sorry... rambling! Congratulations 😊
A gift and a curse this hope is
It feels it less alive than ever lately, but your strength gives me hope. 🤗
Let's hope and hope for more hope hehehehe. Loved your poem+
I loved the tone of resilience that resonates here too. Wonderful, both of you!
Lovely and inspiring work for the both of you. Particularly liked the parts about community and connection. 😊
We are demanding hope this time.... This was such a beautiful and optimistic poem. Got to be honest, it's kind of hard to feel that way right now. I guess we will see. As you say, we just need a little bit of hope.... Wishing you both all the best.
powerfully imagery and a powerful image. I think that one little splash of a flower feels so emotionally weighted. It makes me think not only of hope, but how hope can put as at odds with the crowd or push us into a strange sort of isolation. Great poem and great photograph.
Cc & R - And you need ❤️ Heart — 🎶 Miles & Miles of Heart — Jj