Monday, October 23, 2006

Silhouette

Hope is just a silhouette
Fading away
Ever so slightly
To be seen

Hope is just a silhouette
Just like a shadow
Tagging along
And you're trying to tell it to go away
You know it should be gone

And you're brain's saying no
With your heart saying yes
What in the world is keeping you sustaining
It's that silhouette
It's hope

Hope is just a silhouette
Only to be seen if you really look
With peripheral vision
With a new idea
With all you've got

Only if you really discover
What in the world is keeping you sustaining
What in the world could be that feeling
It's that silhouette
It's hope

You look into yourself
And you find that it's still there
Looks like it's fading but it's really getting closer
Pushing you to find it and then hiding in the distance
Keeping you sustaining
From not figuratively dying
Oh, oh
It's that silhouette
It's hope

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Emily,

I read your poem on New Moon's blog today, then checked out your own blog. I love it - you're an extremely talented writer!

I've been contributing writing, including poetry, to New Moon for several years. I hope you continue to send them your poetry - it's wonderful.

Keep writing!

Love,
another New Moonie