What is Hope?

There is this 4 letter word we all use so much, we use it everyday,
but what does it mean this four letter word that means so very much?

Is hope a dream, an unobtainable star that taunts us from afar? or is it within our reach, something we can almost touch.
We hope for peace, that elusive cure, peace on earth and so very much more,

Does hope trickle through our fingers like the white tropical sand,
Or is it as solid as the granite that typifies the Cornish land.
Is hope as liquid as the warm tropical sea?
Or is hope like an iceberg to the Titanic,
A never event, beyond our wildest fears.

Maybe hope is like a comforter to the young,
We need to see it, embrace it, to keep us from harm,
but I think hope is like the recurring dream, and somehow beyond our reach,

Yet without hope this 4 letter word, where do we hang our dreams.
Our aspirations, our desires, our reason for carrying on?
So friends keep hope within your reach don`t ever let it go,
because believe me, someday, somehow, somewhere,
 our hopes our dreams our prayers will become just one.

TJB 26/06/2017 (C)