What's Hope? Poem by Richard Lam

Hope is the thing
That keeps you going
That makes you fight
That makes you love
That makes you try
That makes you dream
Even though you're too old
Or too tired
Or too hurt
Or too broken
Or too lost
Hope is the thing
Those who want you failed to think it doesn't exist
But that little seed
It's in you and me
Once you decide to plant it
In that soil of your human consciousness
Where fields and horizons meet and stretch on and on
And save it no matter what
It will grow
Bigger and stronger
It will grow
No rain long enough can stop it
Or drought harsh enough can kill it
That's hope
Beautiful and sweet