When Hope Is Gone Poem by Thembekile Ntshangase

When hope is gone
There is little or no sense
For the intensions of this existence
There seems to be no desires or expectations
For the time that will come after the present

When hope is gone
The weary soul filled with boredom and loneliness
Finds no reason to life
The hopeless heart with neither enthusiasm nor vitality
Pointlessly meditates on the purpose and aim of being alive
And finds it's all useless

When hope is gone
The dark tunnel seems to have no end
The night never lets dawn come
Seems as if destiny has been reached
As if it was for fate that
These despairing circumstances will endlessly loop

When hope is gone- that is where
The crest of a mountain hill is about to be reached
The story is toward the gist
The turning point of a long great mile is nearer

So cry, sob no more
be in good spirits
chase away that sorrow and sadness in your face
For when hope is gone
You have come to face your destination