Hope: An Illusion

Hope is just an illusion;

It’s a lie we tell ourselves

Day in, day out,

That everything will be

Alright in the end.



But we don’t know

If that will be true.

We don’t know

What the future brings

Nor what it will take.



All we can do is

Take it a day at a time

And “hope” when

They all fit together

In the puzzle of our lives,



They will create

A picture of happiness.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Inspired by: "The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train." ~Robert Lowell

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