Hope - a Ghazal

When all else is lost, yet hope is there!
When things look bleak, still hope is there!

When the day is lost, and the sun has set,
Fear not the morn, as hope is there!

When your slouching low, not standing tall,
And life, oh life! It seems unfair!

'tis a moment now, which too will pass,
As you catch on, that hope is there!

So remember son, as you think about,
Descending into Achlys' chair,

Catch yourself! Stand back up!
Mind my words! for hope is there!