Hope Is…

Hope is…

The strength to wake up another day
A reminder that pain ends
A dream to live another way
From darkness it defends

The assurance that life goes on
A yearning for better days
The sound of a bird singing its song
The sounds of a child when he plays

An invite to the table again
A recognition of your hurt
A wiping away of a tear of pain
An animal bathing in dust and dirt

A prayer from a broken heart
A worshiping wounded soul
A sucess before a start
A person becoming whole

4am

It’s 4am and the bird song has begun
The night is over and the battle won
The dawn appears, the sun begins to rise
Rest your head now darling, rest your eyes

It’s 4am and the day begins to break
You survived the night, those hours awake.
The mail train the milkman the usual sounds
Drowned out but the birding, his grace abounds

It’s 4am and sleep hasn’t arrived yet
It’s no long a play, there’s no longer a set
Exhausted you lie as the world awakes
Running through your head those past mistakes

Its 4am the house has become your friend
Insomnia is haunting you, time it won’t lend
The neighbours arise they prepare for their day
But its time for sleep eventually you say

It’s 4am and the bird song has begun
The night is over and the battle won
The dawn appears, the sun begins to rise
Rest your head now darling, rest your eyes