Hope Poem

Hope.

I thought I let go of you.

But recently,

I feel it stirring within me.

I feel it growing.

I don't want it to.

I keep telling it I am okay

with the way things were.

I moved on.

But still, I can feel it inside me.

There are others more deserving than me.

Others who are still trying.

I pray for peace. Is that too much to ask?

I'm not asking for a miracle, just peace.

But still, it burns inside of me.

I don't want to go down that road again.

I'm not willing to risk my heart again.

Hope whispers, "but it could be different this time."

I don't want to hope.

I put it to rest.

Please let me rest too.

Just peace is all I want.

Peace.

(This poem is property of Savannah Christensen. Written on 4/14/15.)