that somehow hope

Hope is a whisper, Familiar and warm, Hoping us through the haze Of what is now. It's the gentle tug In the depths of our being, Sighing us forward Past the past we carry. Hope is the butterfly promise Of that somehow future A glimpse of light Above earthen shadows. It's the memory Of simpler days, Before the weight Of the world settled in. Hope is that feeling That you remember Before your somehow future Came to be Hope is the beginning But not why I sing Love is the reason Hope carries me ahead Until we are together Both of Us together Love is the reason Hope is the whisper, Familiar and warm, Hoping us through the haze Of what is now. Being in this future Is where I aim to be Being where and then Smiling then and where