Hope Fire

Some mornings
I wake up
Feeling exposed
For all
That I'm not

Feeling small
In this big world

Aware that

My efforts
To ease
Life’s pain
Are hardly enough
Given what’s before me

Feeling foolish

For trying
To keep my hope fire
Alive

And when

Mornings like this
Come

I offer still

My hardly enough efforts
And smoldering hope fire
To the world

Because really

What more
Can I do