I was a single mother at 20...
Mentally ill at the age of 23...
My son was taken away at age 26...
I've been in jail 3 times in my life...
In a psych hospital over 30 times...
Raped over 8 different times in my life...
Homeless twice, eating out of garbage cans...
You can imagine I've been in despair at times?
But the one thing that kept me going,
was the HOPE for a better tomorrow!
I don't know if hope is something like faith,
a gift from God, or if it's something a person
works towards; like practicing patience.
All I know, is that I never could have reached
my 50th birthday this year without it...
HOPE is a four letter word!
Author notes
May God Bless You and Keep You All the Days of Your Life!
A contest entry
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Do you have Hope?
Comments
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Hope is a God given work I belieave. I have been homeless 3 times myself, hope and prayer is all I had. It was a pleasure.
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Wonderful. God does give us hope!
You're right hope has so much power, without it we have nothing. What amazing strength you must have, an experience like that would make anyone as strong as an Ox!
Happy Birthday!!
Interesting style, it certainly captures the reader! A wonderful piece, full of love and hope.
God bless!
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I figure as long as I'm still breathing there's hope. Even the slimmest of hopes is enough to sustain that drive onward and upward if mixed with faith and love. Good luck in the contest.
Sincerely,
Leo Long
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Hope and faith is all we have to keep us in the game of life-------one will always sustain the other
Joe
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Great Job
This poem is evidence of a tough life. I hope that you that things are going better for you now. It is good to see you writing again.
Mike
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