cheers for choked up tears,
cries without list’ning ears.
cheers for wistful dreams
caught or lost in raging streams.
cheers for days of cavalier
where lone strength perseveres,
cheers for named fears
fin’lly found courage sears,
cheers for ‘nother year,
lost hope grows, reappears.
A Reading Writer 
Nice last two lines about the reappearing hope.
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aha. thank you so much, Frank!
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Love that hope reappears!
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yay! it does (i hope) whenever another year starts. 🙂
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Love those last lines, especially.
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aha. im grateful that you enjoyed this quadrille!
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….drum roll please…
Cheers to you Rose for another brilliant poem..
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your comments are, most of the time, the cutest, Mich! 😀
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WOW…another nice one, Rosey!
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awww. thank you so much, sissy!
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Most welcome always 🙂
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❤ ❤ ❤
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❤
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I love the shift from ‘cheers for choked up tears’ to ‘lost hope grows, reappears’.
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awww. thank you so so so much! 😀
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🙂
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Oh love, I adore this one.
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aww. im grateful for you!
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I’m grateful for you too. 💖
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❤ ❤ ❤
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ah, naming a fear!
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that’s important, isn’t it? thank you for reading!
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I love this piece!
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im happy to see you here! I’ve read your blog, Diana! i hope your hiatus will be blissful and peaceful!
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Thank you, my friend! 💙💙
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always, Di!
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You say so much in these couplets! Gorgeous in their simplicity yet packing a powerful punch. ❤️
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aha. how kind those words are. gratitude!
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How how lyrical. I can sing that all day on a 2/2 beat 🙂 I love the portrayal of the choking up of tears. I sympathize with the dreams washing away in raging streams. How amazingly written. I can just sit and adore the beauty and strength of those words. Hugs hugs. Phenomenal
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awwww. i would like to make a song with you, my dearest. it is always my delight to receive such words from you. grateful. forever will be.
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Aww love the hopeful ending!
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thank you so much, dearie! another year births hope, no? 🙂
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Yes indeed! 🙂
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blessings to you, dearie! I finished reading the book. im sobbing like mad. but so soul stirring. thank you soooo much, dearie. really.
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Aww some of the best books touch your heart and draw out all sorts of emotions, including the teary ones. I’m glad to have been part of the journey that got such a book to you, my dear Rosema!!
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I cannot agree more, dearie Jade. I’m grateful for and to you. ❤
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Hope must grow if we are to survive at all … ❤️
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yes, indeed. happy to find you here, Sanaa!
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I see courage, caring, and hope in this piece RW, and we need a lot more of each. I liked this write!
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aha. i love how you felt those positive values, Rob! grateful!
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I love how you used the repetition going darker and darker until you lit a candle of hope in the end.
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oh you always dissect my poems in ways that satisfy my writing heart. thank you, Bjorn!
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Love the progression of your second lines – cries caught where finally lost – nice!
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yes indeed! you have one poetic comment. im grateful!
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I like this, especially your last 2 lines.
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i am delighted you liked this, Dr. Crystal! Blessings to you!
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