COMPETITION PROMPT

When all hope is lost, what do we rely on?

Write a poem about what we turn to when we lose hope. Explore the emotions and challenges involved and how they're overcome.

lost and found

Fleeting is the hope for the soul unfound

Hope for the lost,

remorse for the



fallen.


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_i am drowning in myself _

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Once above, now below.

Itโ€™s a long way up

and I have no rope.


_how did I get here?_



Like a physical blow the dread overcomes.

Enough to crave the soothing comfort of

_nonexistence_



With heavy heart and leaden hand

I reach for the light

Vacant air weaves through my fingers


A forgotten promise

_No way home_

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But where do you turn with no where to go?

Sight unseeing, self unknowing.


What do you seek when salvation evades you?

How am I to know? Why am I to care?


_i feel so hollow_

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This night is long, the cold unrelenting

I long to meet the sun


Soon I will be undone



Wake up

Become

Euphoria awaits at the break of dawn


Try again. Just one more time.

Rip off the shackles, let them fall at your feet.


A prison of my own making.


_it chills to the bone_


Undo the locks, open the door.

Warm air overwhelms and I breath it all in.


_this is what it means to be found_





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