Thank you for giving me hope

Well I hope that once this is all over, 

that once the winter has thawed &

yet another year has passed &

we forget the details of what it was like to live through this.

Once we have moved on, to something,

once again familiar & expected.

I hope you will know how you gave me hope,

when no one & nothing else could.

I do not know you, I have never even met

a shadow of who you are now but 

with one glimpse of your face,

so hopefully in a time where untruths are everywhere 

& pain is more relatable than happiness. 

With one glimpse of your joy at leaving 

such a thing behind you, with the hopeful look, 

that you push towards what is to come, 

you have given me hope, 

when nothing else could. 

Thank you.