The World is Wide

I’d stop the hope rising if I could
I’d beat it back inside the box in me
I swear I’d rid myself of it, I would
If that means I would, at last, be free
Because feeling this is a slippery slope
One that will likely leave me curled in pain
They say Keep the Faith and Don’t Lose Your Hope
But they can’t tell me what it is I’ll gain
And I can tell them all that’s risked in hoping
And just how much loss I’ve had to bear
They tell me just look how well I’m coping
As if this shell of me is really there
But hope is rising even now inside
Like fireflies finding the night sky again
My fear is great, but the world is wide
I hope that I can still let love in
And if I can let love in, this time I know
That I will embrace it with all of me
And if one day soon I have to let it go
I will try my best to set it free
And then my hope will rise again one day
Even though for a while I’ll hope it dies
Even though love sometimes goes away
Hope, our every hope, will always rise.