Hope

My heart is troubled, trying to find pace

In this world, will the pain never cease?

I try to look ahead, to find the light

But when I open my eyes, all I see is blight.

A world where lies reign

A world where captives cry in vain,

A world that darkens hearts

A world that love departs.

I cry out, I look for hope

But in this world I cannot cope.

I turn my head, I close my eyes

I cover my ears to drown out the cries.

So many people long to be fulfilled,

But that hope is almost always killed.

For those who say "What is left?"

They are told that they are bereft.

I look to the sky and see birds fly free

And I look out across a wide glassy sea.

I want to move my feet to be a part of that bliss

But when I look down I see an abyss.

Chains clatter along the ground

Keeping hands and feet forever bound

Hearts crying out for relief

For hope stolen by a thief.

I am cut off from that world

Stuck here in this netherworld.

I move my feet and hear the chains

What hope is there that possibly remains?

A place that is forever dark

A place that is forever stark,

A place which offers no console

A place which is nothing but an empty hole.

People say that this is reality

That this pain will always be

"But why" I ask "is this so?

Cannot the dream be also?"

When the tears spill down the cheeks

A broken heart cries for weeks.

And when there is no remorse

There is but one painful course.

Then there comes, from the clouds

A light broke through the shrouds.

I raise my head and look up to the sky

And I wonder if hope will meet this eye.

Those who are cowards and of the truth fear

Spread corruption like a mere.

But those who seek to be made anew

Will see the world in a whole new view.

And from the light, there is a hand

Holding a gleaming brand

It reaches down as I reach up

And I ask to wakeup.

For there is one who is like no other

And He is the dearest brother.

He calls you in with all your sin and shame

Then burns them off with a holy flame.

To see the world from eyes of love

To show the world that there is truelove.

I have found what the world has loss

I have found the unifying cross.

To those who say "there is no reward

To place ones hopes in a fjord."

Say to them "it is true, the way is steep

And the way is narrow but there are rewards to reap."

For I have found in the light, when the cowards try to hide

That is when you gain the truth, the one true guide.

So now that when I am in the dark, I hold aloft

A torch of light to carry out, though people scoff,

To show that hope is found

To show that hope will abound.

So if anyone is struggling with their walk with God I hope this helped. God is always there and providing a light. God bless and God speed.