On Hope
The most essential scope of hope
Is that the door is still ajar
Not neatly closed, as some suppose,
Nor by forced obligation barred.
Though some cut short the sweet report
Of promise, there are those who see
A glimmer through the portal yet
Of that which hope portends to be.
The most essential scope of hope
Is that the door is still ajar
Not neatly closed, as some suppose,
Nor by forced obligation barred.
Though some cut short the sweet report
Of promise, there are those who see
A glimmer through the portal yet
Of that which hope portends to be.