Anatomy of a Hope

 Written and Posted by Jean-Louis. 

Waiting as a passerby

His eyes lifted up

Toward the silent sky

On a desert sidewalk

His heart beating with hope

His index finger in the air

Moist in the morning dew

Attempting to caress

A soft breeze message clue

Querying the clouds

Bearing news

Could it be a happy harbinger

Or a heart well-wisher?

Time trickles with sighs

Putting on backwards

His mantle of memories

Void of senseless appeals

As a master teaser

Shaper of destinies

Ah, can faith harness

This fleeting happiness

This ultramarine dream

Love in its glory

Reflection of reality

This smoldering flame

Of their unsteady hearts

Outside on the threshold

The hand opens steady and bold

Gathering the delicious ripe fruit

Ineffable recompense

Of an unbreakable faith

The sidewalk fills up

With passing witnesses

cheering with one heart

And not forgetting the part

of lifting their index fingers
in gratitude to the One
who knew it from the start