Observations and Insights
on the Nature of Things
This monthly column features brief essays, poems, poetic micro essays and photography by Eve West Bessier, Poet Laureate Emerita of Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico. Look for a new post on the first of the month.
Hope is Audacious
Hope is a choice
made in a dark moment
to open the blinds
so that possibilities
are made visible.
Hope is not wishful thinking,
or whimsy or self-indulgence.
It is a blueprint for the future
that requires sustained
visionary optimism.
At times, hope is a hummingbird
in a wild storm, tenaciously
staying the course.
It is line nine of a sonnet
that shifts the kaleidoscopic view
into an unexpected new formation.
Hope turns the hourglass
upside down, just before
all the sand runs out.
It gives us more time
to find answers,
to take action.
Hope is not a reaction
to feeling caught
in a dead-end alley.
It is the key
to the hidden gate
we didn’t see
was there all along.
Hope is audacious.
Photo credit: Stock
This poem is from Eve’s new book, “Hope is Audacious.”
Available at the link below.
https://a.co/d/0alts4Q3
