Heart Or Hope Poem by Daniel Hooks

Hope speaks
yet my heart feels
tears flow down my cheek
at least I am real

Hope or heart
to feel the pain
Or to look for the sunshine in the rain

Faking smiles
In rooftop terraces
the Ferris wheel of life
let me go off to murder my strife

A vacation for frustration
My heart is black hole
longing and empty, wilful and bold

Hope is bird singing in a distant cage
a heart is strange thing to age
with my ageing heart
I give you my wisdom and advice
but you won't see the payment I made
the cut and paste words that shade
and shadow this page
the ones I didn't say which are hidden
But pave the way

Heart or hope
I cope and live for brighter days
when sunlight pours onto this desperate stage.