Hope has withered <br /> <br />And faded <br /> <br />Like cut flowers <br /> <br />No root <br /> <br />No branch <br /> <br />Life still held <br /> <br />But fleeting <br /> <br />Slowly fading <br /> <br />Nourished in vain <br /> <br />To try and keep <br /> <br />going <br /> <br />For a few more days <br /> <br />Out side the room <br /> <br />The sun shines brightly <br /> <br />The waves wash ashore <br /> <br />The beach below <br /> <br />Teems with life <br /> <br />On that beach <br /> <br />Walk the memories <br /> <br />Of a lifetime <br /> <br />She looks out the window <br /> <br />With no hope left <br /> <br />But the view <br /> <br />Is still somehow <br /> <br />Comforting <br /> <br />The bright sunlight <br /> <br />Enters the cold room <br /> <br />And imparts <br /> <br />A little warmth <br /> <br />She lays in her bed <br /> <br />Bathed in the glow <br /> <br />And slowly fades<br /><br />James Jarrett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-room-with-a-view-2/
