There are signs of hope
When images disturb
Read keenly
Keep reference
Hold it up to the light
Let us not forget
Hope is a living thing
Birth is messy
From this, new life springs
At first it may stumble
Even take a step back
Struggling to leave the past
Reach out in support
And the future unfolds in gentle hands
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. There are signs of hope reflects on hope as something fragile but active — suggesting that renewal is rarely clean or immediate, yet can still emerge through memory, care and the steady willingness to support what is struggling to begin again.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.