HOPE IS by John Roedel

"HOPE IS"
by John Roedel

hope is often

so much quieter

than fear

hope is the whisper

between screams

hope is the nearly inaudible

sound of your tears drying

on the rosebud of your cheek

hope is the hushed wind passing

through a tall Wyoming pine

hope is the noise of you

softly exhaling while

looking for God in the mirror

hope is the sound of stars winking

at us from across the cosmos

hope is the babbling river

hope is the snoring baby

hope is the thumping heartbeat

hope is the lightly

beeping hospital monitor

hope is the sound

of butterfly wings

moving in the spring

hope is the noise ice

makes as it melts on a lake

hope is the gentle scratching of

a flower as it claws its way

out of the earth to sunbathe

hope is never loud

hope is never fussy

hope is never announced

- in fact, you might miss hope’s

arrival if your not listening for it

because

hope is more piano

than it is saxophone

hope is humble

hope is stealthy

hope doesn’t wear a name tag

hope is so so silent

but that’s what 

makes hope

powerful

because it can

surprise us at a moments notice

hope is always present

it’s the beat between music's notes

it’s the pucker before the kiss

it’s the deep breath before the eulogy

hope is the quiet voice

that is endlessly begging

us to not surrender to

the crawling shadows

and the voice of hope is always

saying the same thing:

“Hold on, my love, hold on, my love.”

if you give it a moment of silence

you will find that hope is a real

chatter box

it won’t stop talking to you

if you let it get started

hope is everywhere

even in places where

you won’t expect to find it

~it’s in your blood

~ it’s in your wrinkles

~it’s in your grief

hope is relentless

amid the noise of

this clanging world

just listen

I swear,

my love,

if you just listen

to the murmuring hope

that surrounds you

I swear

it’s all you’ll hear

~ and you’ll never give up again

~ John Roedel https://www.facebook.com/johnbigjohn

(Art by the amazing Lauren Bridges)

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