Hope Poem by Barry Hughes

I’m lost and confused. I can’t hear your voice
Where have you gone, did I make the right choice
In the constant struggle of life I’ve lost my own way
When your running blind you cant tell the night from the day
I’ve been lost in my words and all the mistakes that I’ve made
Trying to find the way out only to see my true vision fade
What was I fighting for? I used to remember
I’ve tried to write poems like the one about heather
Poems about life and the monsters I face
But all those poems seem to do is erase
It’s so hard to find the right words to speak
If I say what I feel, will I look like a freak?
I’ve been trying to say what I’ve felt in my heart
But when I’m ready to speak I can’t seem to start
I wish I could get out the things I’ve been feeling
But blow after blow my heart is sent reeling
Grasping all hope in between my two hands
Only to feel it slip through my fingers like small grains of sand
The voice in my heart says that this is all right
But the voice in my head tells me I’m losing the fight
On the battle field of life I’m broken and beaten
Feeling my eyes close my pulse starts to weaken
Then as my eyes open all I can see
Is that your broken and beaten, right there beside me
Finding the courage to slowly stand up
We need to keep fighting and never give up
Because this hope that we have is worth fighting for
And with you right beside me I’m ready for more
Through the darkness I see your love shining out
Showing my path and smoothing it out
That look in your eyes gives me the strength that I need
To carry on and save those who need freed
Your smile brings words to my heart that can’t ever be said
But only because words like that are ones that only god sends
Through the pain and struggle your love keeps me up
With this hope that I have ill never give up