Hope - The Escort Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Hope keeps dwindling with time and treason
hope keeps flying high the banner of anticipation
while each one seeks to achieve each one's need
with his own precision and imagination.

A child keeps walking with his little feet
from home to school to gain knowledge
though unaware is he of what he will study,
what he will retain or remember.

Hope engages man to be a clever person
hope helps man to appropriate the power of his efforts
over his intentions,
hope inspires the loser to act and overcome defeat.

And though the moon keeps its possession over darkness
though dawn makes night to perish and sunrise to appear
hope prompts hearts to keep dreams alive and burning
hope makes man chase success over his ambitions.

And though opportunities keep rolling back and forth
though breach of faith alters promise and perception
hope wakes up determination in every heart of desire
hope revives the passion to achieve the impossible.

And though days and years keep changing expectations
though fractures of disappointments keep recurring,
hope is the only escort that directs man
with performance and accomplishment,
hope is the only language which without words
steers man's mind to assemble happiness in his circumference.