i believe.

i believe in many things.

i believe in many people.

but my belief

is built

on hope.

i have hope

for you.

for me.

for us.

i've had experiences

that although can never be

remembered with precise accuracy

that have nonetheless given me hope.

i have friends

that keep me alive

everyday

and have kept me alive

in the past.

they give me hope.

i've been in love

and felt so loved

that i could barely believe

that it could possibly be real.

but it was.

it can happen again.

i believe.

i have hope.

things will never be

as they were.

i believe that they can be

even better.

my hope and my belief

are one and the same.

can you truly say,

and mean it, 

that nothing is shocking anymore?

how could you?

none of us could ever know.

but i refuse to be bitter.

i refuse to be jaded.

i will never give up

hope.

i believe that if we keep our eyes

our ears

our hearts

open,

we find what we believe in.

we can have pure hope.

of course,

we see a lot of heartache

and pain,

those things are

unavoidable.

but those things

cannot break my belief

down.

everything comes.

everything goes.

sometimes they leave you behind.

sometimes you go with them.

but there is always change

there always will be

change.

through your own eyes

you can either be

 dismissive

or see what's happening in there.

i won't let

that one step back

that i am forced to take

while i am constantly trying to move

forward

effect my hope.

i won't cheat myself

or you

by letting that happen.

i believe in love.

i believe in chances.

i believe that great things happen

if you truly want them to

regardless of the setbacks that occur.

my eternal hope

keeps me believing.

i hope you feel the same.

because i believe in you.