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.

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