When did Hope visit me last?

Posted on by Reena Saxena

I woke up with a heavy heart
When did Hope visit me last?
I extricated my vision from deep snow
to see vulture clouds hovering above 

When did Hope visit me last?
When did I look at the baby smile
to see vulture clouds hovering above 
dissipate with a sigh in the last mile

When did I look at the baby smile
bringing sunny days back, and clouds
dissipate with a sigh in the last mile
the puppy licks my feet, coos aloud

bringing sunny days back, and clouds
I woke up with a heavy heart
the puppy licks my feet, coos aloud
I extricated my vision from deep snow

21 thoughts on “When did Hope visit me last?”

  8. i love the ruminations in this Reena, clouds and snow, puppies and babies, beginnings and endings all filled with hopes dashed and regained. though you chose not to rhyme in the traditional way the pantoum does not lose its effect, of winding and circling the theme.

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