Writing Prompt

Hope is the bridge between despair and joy

But I’ve lost hope

I was good at swimming for so long

That I forgot drowning was an option

But now I’m sinking

The water is flooding over my head

And I’m being pulled down

Down

Down

Until I hit the rocky floor

And the air leaves my lungs

But I don’t try to swim back up

Because I only ever learned how to tread the water

All I can do is wait and hope

That ...

SIDE NOTE- I CHANGED THE WORDS FROM “Hope is the bridge between despair and joy” to “Hope is the bridge between despair and repair”

My love, sweet and nice,

Your eyes bring out the light.

My love, sweet and nice,

Your heart is the bright.

Your eyes, the color of honey,

Makes me daydream like a bunny.

Your heart, crystal clear,

Is the apple of my tear.

Though you don’t love me,

And my thoughts a...

Javon, stop daydreaming!” his boss shouted, as he often did—especially at Javon, who always seemed to provoke him.

“Yes, boss. Sorry, boss,” Javon replied in a monotone voice, clearly uninterested. It didn’t go unnoticed.

That was Javon’s routine.

Wake up. Get ready. Go to work. Come home. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

Like a robot.

Yet he never complained.

As if he was made to work tirelessly every day.

...

“Hope is the bridge between despair and joy

But hoping to get you was something different”

you whisper as you send kisses down the side of my face

God, I thought it was just me.

How did we let a year and a half fly by?

Spending it on late nights, pleasing each other

And early mornings, cuddling and kissing

God, you’re a daydream

Your hand lingers in mine days after you left

I can’t get your hai...

Hope is the bridge

Between

Despair and joy.

So long as we hold on to

Hope,

We will never truly be in

A state of

Despair.

So long as we hold on to

Hope,

Life will be on our side,

It will be

Fair.

Hope is how we hold on to

Joy

And leave

Despair

Behind us.

Hope is the reason

That we see the

Light of joy

At the end of the

Tunnel of despair.

Hope is the bridge

Between

Despair and joy.

Beggin...

Hope is the bridge between despair and joy

A bridge with which I tease and toy

A bridge that has degraded to shambles

A bridge with nothing left to amble

As I stare down the channel from my grave to my rebirth,

I realise there is no hope for those already in a hearse...

HOPEfully the journey is easy on you

IS gentle on your aching joints

THE miles is a big long number

BRIDG(E)ing you from point to point

BETWEEN sharp cliffs and low valleys

DESPAIR may haunt your every turn

AND depression bites. So find that light. the

JOY and pray for safe return...

Everything seems to be pointless

In the morning light, I see the rain

I try hard to look away, try to refrain

But when my spirit loses its way

I can’t be brave, can’t chase the fear away.

I need light to guide my way.

I need a hand to rise me again.

I need a song to play in my head.

I need to trust in a better day.

We hide in fear, avoid the words,

We cry to the silence,

without our voice being...

Down on my knees for you

They ached oh so much

Oh so much

Praying

Over and over

Again and again

One two three

One two three

Blink breathe

Blink breathe

Hoping that my dreams shall come true

Tears staining my cheeks

Ignorant to the sad truth

The painful reality

There’s no such thing as equality

No such thing as freedom

Peace

They are merely myths

And that’s when it hit me

Hope i...

At the top of the mountain

People gaze down below

Finding success in the big achievements that made them grow

When it took three days to climb up hill

A backpack on their back

With what little food and water

Can they share what they have left?

Hope is the bridge

Between the mountain and the valley

When it comes to despair and joy

It simply cannot be tallied...