Hope

By Michelle Barrera

Hope is the one thing everyone holds out for,

But the one thing that is so rare.

Hope requires courage,

To keep going with the optimism that one day,

Your wait will stop.

Hope requires heart,

The feeling in your heart that you would not stop holding out hope.

Hope requires strength,

To keep the fight in you alive.

Hope requires a goal,

A goal that hope can go off of.

Hope requires you,

A person who believes that things will get better.