Hope

Been counting ceilings in the dark Old fears parked beside my bed Thought I was finished Torn apart Living inside my head But there’s a crack in every doubt I hold A tiny door in all this heavy stone Hope keeps calling my name Quiet at first But it burns like a flame Through the ashes Through the ache Something small refuses to break I fall I fail I’m frayed But somehow Hope finds me anyway Coffee gone cold on the sink Unread letters on the floor I take one step It’s not much Still It’s further than before If I can breathe once more That’s enough To let a little mercy fill my lungs Hope keeps calling my name Quiet at first But it burns like a flame Through the ashes Through the ache Something small refuses to break I fall I fail I’m frayed But somehow Hope finds me anyway One day at a time One truth One try If all I can say is “I’m still here That’s still a battle survived Hope keeps calling my name Quiet at first But it burns like a flame Through the ashes Through the ache Something small refuses to break I fall I fail I’m frayed But somehow Hope finds me anyway Yeah somehow Hope finds me anyway