Hope Stands

Hope Stands
(A 21st century folk tragedy)
It started out with about, 10 to 15 verses; many, like the old songs often had. I decided I could make my point a lot quicker, so I tried.
Did I succeed?

Hope is standing at the door/She wouldn’t feel right just walkin’ in
It was her home before, but she’s not livin’ here anymore/she stands knockin’
Oh, oh

Feels like forever while she waits/wonders if he’s still around
He was her man before, but he isn’t anymore/she stands knockin’
Oh, oh

While she waits, he’s in there alright/dancin’ with an angel of light
Hope starts to walk away, but somethin’ makes her stay/ her memory is knockin’
Oh, oh

Hope stands, tears a’ fallin’ down/to the icy cover on the ground
Snow sparkles in the night; pulls her coat around her tight/her memories are knockin’
Oh, oh

Haven’t seen each other in a year/She’s been livin’ there, he’s was livin’ here
Snow took his sense away, that’s why she couldn’t stay/her knees are-a-knockin’
Oh,oh

While she waits, he’s in there alright/messed up by his mistress in white
Dropping the syringe, all finished with his binge /does he hear knockin’?
Oh, oh

Wonders if someone’s at the door/while he’s slumpin’ down onto the floor
He hears a thousand things, like a rush of wings/His heart is a-knockin’
Oh, oh

Hope stands, silent and alone/half hour gone, frozen to the bone
As he slips away, the dark to dawn gives way/No more knockin’
Oh, oh

While Hope was standing at the door/No, oh, oh/Hope/No, oh, oh

Robin Monterosso May,2011