HOPE

I saw those eyes, full of dreams

I saw those lips, hoping to beam
I saw those hands, pleading to rest.
I ask them to stop; life is for us
not for them, they won’t get the best.

they all laughed aloud, as if

I’m their personal joke, then they said,

best might be for you; we hope for the rest.
I felt like something by me was left unread.

I was puzzled to their pun, and probed.

Again they laughed.

I looked into their eyes, imposing my authority

but weakness throbbed in me;

because instead of fear

there I saw only pity.

Then I realized what they had

which made them overpower me.

I had everything I could ask for,

I had scope to ask more. But,

What they had will last forever,

It was their hope for something better.