The poem is in the notes and credits. Sometimes, it describes how I feel occasionally, but what really inspired it was a book I read. 'The Yearbook.' It was about a forgotten girl, and I think occasionally she gave up hope thinking that she had a voice, gave up thinking that she could cease the cruelty she observed at school, and so I wrote this mainly from her point of view. This is for a contest by @its_aves and keep your fingers crossed for me! If you read my poems, try and click the green flag before you read them - that's the only way they can get views and I'd love to see how many of you read my work! Thanks. P.S, I'm not very good at poetry, this is actually one of my first and sorry if its a bit long, but I would appreciate any constructive criticism from more experienced poets. Thank you! Poem Number One.
Hope. The ever-burning flame. The vibrant blossoms on a spring tree. The saviour of souls. Some describe is as an eternal fire, Flickering in the hearts of all, Burning forever in the minds of all. Whether we know it or not, Always there. But if this is true... Where is mine? I feel no flame within me, No warm spark that drives me. No heat. No flicker. Perhaps it has been there before. Perhaps I was born with it. But now? Extinguished. Exhausted. Wiped out by the words of others. Removed by their actions. Their looks. Their laughs. Their disbelief. The cruelty. Each one, a powerful jet of water, Crashing down upon the embers where my fire once lay. Maybe I once had that spark. Maybe it will return. But right now? Endless waterfalls have extinguished my flame. My fire. My hope.
