Unbearable sadness and pain gripped my heart,

and deeply immersed in despair,

suddenly,

Hope appeared to me and said:

“Oh, poor thing! Will you wait for me forever?”

As if being struck by lightning,

I looked at Hope, and faith slightly shimmered in me.

And I returned:

“Is there anything else I can do?

My happiness lies in your hands,

because you,

Hope,

are my first and last breath to me.”

©2025, Vasiliki Papadopoulou.