Holding Hope

Sometimes my job is simply

To hold hope

To anchor the sense

That there is always

An alternative story

A story of hope

Yet to hold hope

Means entering into

Another's hopelessness

Allowing it to be heard,

But not letting it
 Have the final word

That overlooked,

Discarded by problems

Silenced by the problem's spin

Hope sits waiting

Sparkling moments of wellbeing

Patiently, yet persistently

Waiting to be discovered.