It Might Be Hope

You do your work the best that you can

You put one foot in front of the other

Life comes in waves and makes it's demands

You hold on as well as your able

You've been here for a long long time

Hope has a way of turning it's face to you

Just when you least expect it

You walk in a room

You look out a window

And something there leaves you breathless

You say to yourself

It's been a while since I felt this

But it feels like it might be hope

It's hard to recall what blew out the flame

It's been dark since you can remember

You talk it all through to find it a name

As days go on by without number

You've been here for a long long time

Hope has a way of turning it's face to you

Just when you least expect it

You walk in a room

You look out a window

And something there leaves you breathless

You say to yourself

It's been a while since I felt this

But it feels like it might be hop