"Hope" by Mary Grace van der Kroef

To hold you

feel the weight,

weight of what lies beyond my fate.

To know you

as mass and not a dream.

As something to cling to.

Then you,

would cease to be hope.

Someday to see,

believing it will be,

defined by what I can not see.

One of the remaining three...

So you cling to me,

invisible.

Close sureness I can not grasp.

still,

Forever shining on my path.

Revealing a future.

Mary Grace van der Kroef is a writer, poet, and artist from Ontario, Canada. She believes the gift of poetry is a powerful form of prayer and worship. She endeavors to use her words to encourage others. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, such as “The Best of Kindness 2020 Anthology” by Origami Poems Project. Please follow her work at www.marygracewriting.ca