Eyes OF Hope...

Who says Paradise is Lost?
        Who says inner beauty is gone?
Who says love is just lust?
         Who says truth and faith does not exist?
Who says life is just a joke?
 
Nothing is lost,
                      Nothing is gone,
as long as you have got Eyes Of Hope!!!

Look around you'll see sparkling rivers and sleepy lakes,
beautiful gardens and arrogant trees,
flowering meadows and snow capped peaks.
Will you still say Paradise is lost??

Look around for you'll see parents burning themselves to brighten their children's life,
Will you still say love is just lust?

Look around for you'll see soldiers sacrificing their life for the nation's sake,
Will you still say life is just a joke?

You may think whatever you want,
        but the truth is,
                              Nothing is lost,
                                     Nothing is gone,
As long as you have got eyes of hope!!!  

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Wisdom in your words. So many good people in this world. We hear of the bad ones only. Hope is the desire we need to go forward. A outstanding poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Blackcat]

nice poem!! So our optimistic poet is back huh?? The title itself is so catchy... that could help reading it... I liked the line Nothing is lost,Nothing is gone,
As long as you have got eyes of hope!!! These lines are really very beautiful... keep writing!!

[Dead_End]

Nice piece... On the eve of Christmas optimistic poems like this one fills you with more positive energy... good write!

[deadlife]

Nice one here..
[..though I have a different view. Like you I do respect this 'eye of hope' but still.. we cannot shrug off and say there is love... there is hope... unless we do something to change the scene. Nothing personal to you yet everything personal to all... Paradise is lost, we have to accept this; we need to get it back. We've lost it. It's not nice if we say we hope.., it was not gone by itself.. so it won't be back by itself. If we don't admit and accept our mistakes and just see with our eyes of hope that nothing is lost, then we're lost. The beauty of nature.. oh poor mother nature is suffering a lot and if we say (by simply focusing on that little remaining part) that there is still nature's beauty then i'm afraid we'll lose that also. Instead of shrinking our view to the beauty we're left with and saying Nothing is lost, we must FACE the truth and try to AMEND our mistakes. Love, Truth, Faith, Life... everything is changed, and we are responsible for this downfall. We must accept it, if cannot do anything else. By simply saying it's still the same.. we'll contribute in deepen the wound, it'll be more painful. If we're sick we don't say --- in my eyes of hope nothing is bad, i'm not ill, everything is fine..who says i'm sick... we don't sing so.. we take medicine.
we NEED to do that! Open your eyes. There is no eyes of hope but a veil of excuse!

I'm so sorry for such a review. It's nothing personal, you indeed wrote a nice piece, truly optimistic and uplifting and it was a good intention on your part. But it's like...to have a positive approach is good but not when it's high time. Then it's avoidance. Actually it is high time and we simply cannot afford any such 'hope' now until we do something about it. Everyone can contribute. Everyone must.

Good piece though.
[Don't take it otherwise, I didn't mean to hurt. I'm sorry if I did.]