The Struggle With a Bit of Hope

It’s when you grow up

that you come to know

that old cliché about

how life isn’t fair

is much more real

than you thought

And that sometimes

yes, the world

does tend to give you

a bit more than your can handle

for reasons you come

to never understand.

Bad things do happen

to very good people

awful ones can get rewards,

as folks don’t always

get what they deserve.

Justice is often delayed

and sometimes never comes

wrongs don’t necessarily get righted

and nightmares come true.

Day to day

is full of bumps,

challenges,

sacrifices and compromises.

Someone may be taking credit

gaining more

from all your hard work

or blocking you

for where you want to be.

What gets you through

is not a phrase

or an idea of how the world should be.

It is just finding a light

amid a sea of dark

just finding a thing

it can be so small

but something

to hold onto

a moment of happy

a good thing to look forward to

something to treasure

to pull you out of all that sadness.

When you think of that thing

it fills your heart

broadens your place

opens your eyes.

Yes things could always be worse

and someone else has properly got it rougher.

The alternative to the present

is some kind of death.

And in the end

you would indeed miss

that one little thing

that makes you want to fight another day.

Hang onto your piece of happy

however small it might be,

even if others don’t think it important.

We all struggle

and though you feel it

you are never alone

someone has been there

and survived.