HOPE

Hope is perching on my window
            offering me a hand
            to get up and take a step

Hope is a flickering light
            of a candle,
help me through the night
           of desperation

Hope is a warm blanket
           over my shoulder,
shooing away the chill of fear
           during midnight

Hope is my magic carpet
Taking me in a flight
           to the break of dawn

Hope is whistling joyful tunes
Leading me to a sunlit path,
           to the warm-and-playful summer.