Hope Survives

Agony endures pain

as life slips away

So sad to see one so full of light

lost in such a way

 

But the hater’s hated

and the demon’s played

until nothing was left

just loss and decay

 

I am empty now

nothing remains

You have hit your mark

caused too much pain

 

Why should I stay

in a world so cruel

Where there is no set limits

and no real rules

 

The time to give up

has finally come

The cold has set in

my heart has gone numb

 

Time to disappear

just fade away

Escape from vicious souls

and the games they play

 

Emotional vampires

feed off my pain

sucking the very life

from my veins

 

But life has a way

of holding on

and for those I love

I need to be strong

 

So I guess I'll continue

to fight for my life

For even in darkness

there is a trace of light

 

Even in the blackest despair

hope survives

It is an eternal spark

that never dies

A beautiful promise

that keeps us alive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[quinfinn]

you are examining a double edged sword here....the beauty of remaining for those whom you love and the agony of enduring the callous indifference and cruelty of an otherwise untenable situation...both, while balancing your own precarious existence. oh, i have been here too many times and hate where this place is and what it does to the soul. i pray that for this you will endure and become better and stronger....excellent prose herein!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much.

[quinfinn]

welcome!

[Emrick]

So true,hope survives. We are all surviving/living because we have hope. hope heal wounds too.
Nice poem!.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thanks so much :)

[Margarette]

Yes, fighting until the end does not guarantee a person's success but the determination it gives in the person is enough for one to feel victory. Another moral lesson that I've read in the form a poem that is wonderfully written.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thanks so much Margarette.

[Richard Man]

This takes one to the edge but thank God, you drag yourself back with the your hope, your faith and the light.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Yes thank God. Thanks for reviewing Richard.

[Salar Majak]

Emotional vampires

feed off my pain

sucking the very life

from my veins





a beautiful promise
that keeps us alive

great poem, i love it, you are so right! hope does keeps us alive in a really wierd way. keep fighting!!!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Yes, always keep fighting for life. Thank you Sal I'm glad it spoke to you.

[Salar Majak]

:D

[Lily Mae]

You can't change the people around you and be responsible for their choices their light but you can change the journey of yours.. excellent emotional write on where that observation and love takes you.xo

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much. :)

[CreativeStroke]

Powerful... the battle between our emotions. Pain and heartache vs. hope and determination. Well done!

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much.

[KeeD]

Your poem's speak truth about the doubled edge sword that is life.
I feel hope through the darkest of places in all your pieces. It's like a given, if you're having a rough day read a Carolann piece and know that rough is a part of life, but keep living don't stop, believe and have hope it get's better.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you Kee means a lot that you see that in my work and I'm happy if it encourages people to keep going even when things get dark.

[Frieda P]

Definite bird on a wire, I do relate....hope is sometimes fleeting, but what else is there at times? Nicely pen'd as always.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you :)

[Jack...]

Carolann, this is sad, yet happy, painful yet it contains hope. I feel a small stream of happiness running beneath these banks of woe. Let the waters rise, open up your eyes, breathe and feel the fresh air of life as it smooths the rippled surfaces. Nice.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you Jack means a lot.

[Jack...]

Your poetry seems to have a certain sadness to it...reasons?

[Carolann Dowsett]

It's a very long and complicated story.

[Jack...]

Well, if you ever need someone to listen, I am here.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you I appreciate that a lot.

[Frankie O'Brien]

so much emotion and seems like its a poem with alot of pain in it, but its really good

[Carolann Dowsett]

Thank you so much.