Hope - A Poem

The following poem was written by Natalie Fuller in December 2013. This was a period of repeated hospitalizations when she first considered suicide to escape psychosis. Fuller killed herself in March, just before her 29th birthday.

Hope

There is a little piece of glitter following me around

I see it on the carpet and I see it on the ground

that's been following me for quite some time

guess I never noticed it before

But I know what it means,that little glitter on the floor

It's hope.

It's not coincidence, nope, it's hope.

And I know that I've failed you

yeah I know I've been untrue

but that glitter on the floor

tells me it doesn't matter any more

Cuz' no matter how many times I fail

I've got hope.

This time, I'm gonna be better

and I know there's stormy weather

Please believe in me

I will solve this mystery

and I will show you

to have hope.

It's not coincidence, nope, it's hope.

Someday that glitter will shine

Gonna write my rhyme until the time.

My heart's beatin' outta my chest

I wanna rest but that don't impress

I gotta fight this urge

gotta get the electricity surge

I know I can do it

Beat my demons

appreciate the seasons.

I hope, hope, hope I can to it too

make all my wildest dreams come true. 

From Imagination to Love

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts -
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death.
                                              ~ Robert Fulghum

Imagination
"You see things, and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and say, 'Why Not?'" ~ George Bernard Shaw

Myths
"Myths are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human mind." ~ Joseph Campbell

Dreams
"Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self." ~Gao Xingjian

Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all." ~ Emily Dickinson

Laughter
"Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Laughter is an instant vacation." ~Milton Berle

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." ~ Victor Borge

Love
"You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." ~ Sam Keen

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Hope

When the world says,

"Give up."

Hope always whispers,

"Try it one more time."