Whatever is bad in your life,
Whatever is hurtful,
And broken,
And painful,
And sad,
And evil,
I hope goodness will come
and replace the bad things
with their counterpart in hope;
gathering up all those wrong entities
and releasing them into the ether.
The bad things will try
and make their way back
into your life. Unfortunately,
you will let them at times.
But try and remember how
light hope is to hold; like a
sweater over your shoulders
and not much more.
Hope has this soft quality too
and it helps you see clearly for
what feels like the first time.
It is like a gentle reset; a
calibration that is neither painful nor
harsh. More like fine tuning the
gears of an elaborate wrist watch.
When the wrong things cover
your field of vision, all you can see
is straight ahead. Everything is clouded;
murky.
When hope fills your eyes, things are
crisp and precise; you can see the
infinite.
I want you to see into the infinite
with me. If you feel you are ready
and that you are safe, I can show you.
Tyler Strittmatter 