By Hope, In Hope

Nothing to tell, nothing to hide

Fear in flight, dread in flight : none

Lies! we speak unto selves

Filling up on those filled shelves

Past is a mystery, like times to come

Fading in the distance, unlike moon & sun

Facing the hapless being helpless every morrow

"Nothing to hide"? Empty barrels of mirth & sorrow

Where's the hope I promised thee?

Is it here in the landscape you see?

It's in a faraway land, buried beyond seas

Beneath mountains of sand

Lending a hand to some unknown being

Unknowingly tasting, admiring the last of what he'll be seeing

Strange, our lives are quite long

While the stories remain short

For the reality to board

For song sung by hope in hope

Before the world it dreamt could elope