i cried today

i cried today
for loss of a good love
a child in need of food
a hurt animal

i cried today
for lack of caring
for words spoken in anger
for the very lonely

i cried a million tears
and smiled a million smiles
in hope...

louiville
Very good poem. I like how the short journey leads to an ending of long possibilities.

Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
Good for you, remembering to smile to brighten someone's day. Smiles, pass them on... Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing

ShyWolf
If your day ended in hope then a glimmer of a smile will appear tomorrow

mistycalpoet
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain...

magnolia
A lovely write of loss and pain, but you are right, we have to live in hope. Maggie x