COMPETITION PROMPT
When all hope is lost, what do we rely on?
Write a poem about what we turn to when we lose hope. Explore the emotions and challenges involved and how they're overcome.
lost and found
Fleeting is the hope for the soul unfound
Hope for the lost,
remorse for the
fallen.
i am drowning in myself
Once above, now below.
Itโs a long way up
and I have no rope.
how did I get here?
Like a physical blow the dread overcomes.
Enough to crave the soothing comfort of
nonexistence
With heavy heart and leaden hand
I reach for the light
Vacant air weaves through my fingers
A forgotten promise
No way home
But where do you turn with no where to go?
Sight unseeing, self unknowing.
What do you seek when salvation evades you?
How am I to know? Why am I to care?
i feel so hollow
This night is long, the cold unrelenting
I long to meet the sun
Soon I will be undone
Wake up
Become
Euphoria awaits at the break of dawn
Try again. Just one more time.
Rip off the shackles, let them fall at your feet.
A prison of my own making.
it chills to the bone
Undo the locks, open the door.
Warm air overwhelms and I breath it all in.
this is what it means to be found