Hope...


Is an unfinished painting

A missing chapter in a book

A scene in the drama of life
that has yet to be written

Hope is a needle from the past
to pierce the eye of the future

And when that future
discovers the present

You will understand

Why you waited to marvel
at the majesty of that painting

Why you waited to revel
in the glory of that finished chapter

And you will come to realise

That the rock of Sisyphus
that daily grinds our spirit

Becomes naught
but the sand beneath our feet

As we dance, smile and skip

Across the stage of dreams called hope.



© Rik - 08/08/2007




Poetry by Rik The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2007-09-26 at 14:59

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TheLine
Very well written. I like this a lot!

"Hope is a needle from the past
to pierce the eye of the future" That's brilliant, can I quote that sometime? =) That part reminds me of Dahli and Buñuels film "An Andalusian Dog"
Very effective way of describing. It's pure wisedom.
2007-09-28


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
A beautiful write, life without hope would be so sad

Elle x
2007-09-27



this reminds me of an artistic installation I say in London at the royal school of art that my husband was attending, during the Henry Moore Centenary Birth Celebrations, he was one of 12 sculptor chosen from universities around the country to produce an exhibition and work of art within one week. My hubbies was his most amazing piece, but the one this poem springs to mind....was a huge hanging piece of sandstone, shaped like a sort of feotus and on the ground, in a marvelously symetrical form was the perfect pyramid of sand, as if the wearing away of the feotus, left it....it was topped in the deepest purple powered paint, very dramatic, which life can be. I do so like the way you used the painting and creative arts to demonstrate the sheer excitement there is to be gained from life, if we only observe the beauty and mystery in it. Without that, life could be quit dull, as your poem also demonstrates. Hope is everything...A very thought provoking read, thanks for sharing...smiling at you, Tai
2007-09-27


F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
like saying to never give up that hope 'cause there's more yet to be uncovered, and all your efforts and persistance will show in the end what it was all for, even if you don't see it just right now - my thoughts :) ... really like what comes to mind with this...

"hope is a needle from the past to pierce the eye of the future" - a strong image for me... :)

*hugs* xx
2007-09-26



Beautifully expressed wisdom!
2007-09-26