I walk the red carpet of hope,
I take it with me wherever I go.
It’s not that I don’t have the faith you see,
But hope is just the weakest in me.

I’ve had this carpet for a very long time,
For it helps me through the rough to tow the line.
It has taken me through peaks and valleys did you know,
For I find it is always in the valleys that I grow.

There are days filled with troubles and strife,
Impossible journeys throughout this life.
I have learned to take the best possible paths there can be,
And just a little help from my carpet of hope and me.

And though my carpet is old, faded, and wearing thin,
It has helped me grow in leaps and bounds, courage from within.
Now I walk with God, who’s courage and faith has filled me so,
But I will forever cherish the days, I walked the red carpet of hope.

Gunnar Timothy