i just believe there's hope

i just believe there's hope

you take it as inevitable
that hope is the unattainable
but everything inside of me
quietly says you're wrong

you say its all unsolvable
your questions all unanswerable
but this is as much a matter of faith
as any other truth

i don't have the disposition
you should share my own position
i've walked too many miles
and respect you more than that

but i just don't like the silence
the choice to let the time pass
when i see you're slowly sinking in
to a place you may not return

you take it as inevitable
that love is the unattainable
but everything inside of me
screams for another side

who am i? i'm nobody
lost as much as anybody
but all that being said
i consider you a friend

i cannot speak with certainty
and i'm not immune to apathy
but how does that imply
i should leave it all alone?

it all could end tomorrow
the world drowned in its sorrow
but there is too much beauty here
to disregard as smoke

please just hear me out
i swear its not the end
but yes its true, i'm not sure
where all this should begin
perhaps a conversation
about life and how it goes
but what the hell do i know?
i just believe there's hope
i just believe there's hope
i just believe there's hope


poetry and photography copyright 2009.  shane oborn.

damien rice - delicate (live from basement)

kellie and i were listening to music before we fell asleep last night. one of the songs we listened to was a damien rice recording produced in his basement. he has put out numerous acoustic basement recordings that are all fantastic. here is one titled, "delicate"