"Hope" is the thing with feathers

by Emily Dickinson (1891) — a poem card from Justes Mots

A bird-light gift: hope, given without instructions for how to use it.

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird…

Themes: encouragement · recovery · birthday