HOPE AND DESPAIR

When there is hope
       You see the sunshine
        You live for the future
        Imagining it to be happier...

Then, there are times
When a virus runs amok in your mind
     Making you see only the gloomy past...
     All that should have happened, but did not
     All that should not have happened, but did.


That's when you despair...
      Not knowing whether to run or stay
      Not knowing whether to cry or smile!

A hug, a warm hand is all that it takes
For despair to pass, for hope to linger...
      It is all so near
     Yet, so far away!