Hope is scrappy

and

hope is nebulous.

You can think

you’ve got

your fingers

around it

and then

get the

wind knocked out

of you,

and then

ultimately

later find

that others

were holding

hope

for you.

There is,

however,

a limited

certain number

of times

that someone

can be kicked

before they

make a decision

about it.

Continuing to

get kicked

is the result

of inaction.

Maybe you

never asked

to be

in this ring.

Still gotta

make

that

decision.