Redefine The Word Hope (Challenge)

half smoked cigarette

and a few beers in,

watching the vapor snake

its way upward

into nothing.

and it reminds me of hope

as it fades in time.

fleeting and beautiful and toxic

like the cycle of addiction.

if only.

I could see.

the butt

as I put it out,

as hope realized,

or dreams captured, unlost,

or some other shit,

I'd see that whatever

is to be the death of me,

will have been my favorite

part.

and whatever escaped me,

was much less potent.

cheers to all. may hope be defined as memory