Love Poem: Barely Clinging To Hope
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Written by: Lena Townsend

Barely Clinging To Hope

Fantasy and dreams fade 
As does the magic of ones youth 
As we struggle the hardships of life 
Hope seems to dangle over the edge of a bluff 
We pray for the passing days to bring love, prosperity, and health into our lives 
So few things bring joy as we see those we love ripped tragically from us 
All that we have known crumbles 
Like the foundation of the very house that shelters us 
From the storms that we must endure in life 
We reach out for something to hold only to find nothing within our grasp 
Lonely for the touch of a lover lost
We search, never to find the answers we so desperately seek
Still we continue onward, 
Clinging to hope,
Dreaming that one day we will be able to love 
To believe in something or someone again 

Copyright © 2009   Lena “Lolita” Townsend