A Foolish Thing

Assorted thoughts on hope

What is believing in things we cannot see?

 

What is saying, “Things will get better.”

 

When we really don’t know.

 

Hope is a foolish thing 

 

The smart choice is the right choice

 

Most of the time

 

What makes us chase the wind?

 

Hope is irresponsible

 

The future is unknown

 

Why do we seek the sun

 

When we can only lose our sight

 

Hope is blind 

 

Why do we open ourselves

 

Only to be crushed

 

By the weight of our expectations

 

Hope is fragile 

 

Hope hurts

 

Hope steals

 

Hope is for fools

 

Hope is

 

Hope is the only thing worth having

 

Hope is the reason to get up and say

 

“Maybe today will be better”

 

Because maybe

 

Today really will be better

 

Hope is the reason

 

To lift the things that seem

 

Too big for us to carry 

 

Hope is the reason

 

That we can look to the sky

 

And say that maybe we will

 

Build the wings that will

 

Carry us over that horizon

 

Hope is the reason to chase the wind 

 

Hope may be for fools

 

But a fool I will gladly be if

 

I can become a fool that can fly