Hope doesn't perch. Hope isn't a smiling face among a dismal crowd. Hope isn't the light at the end of the tunnel.
Hope is when the crows grow full from the carrion of a dead lamb and rest. Hope is when the old man having forgotten himself years ago falls asleep one last time.
Hope is everything you've needed after you didn't need it anymore. Hope is the time after the noose tightens and before you fade away.