Hope

What is hope?
What does it do?
Why does every one speak highly of it
When it does not do its job
What is Hope?

I've tried
She almost died
She prayed
Is that what they call hope?
I know I'm going to have to cope
but what is hope?

They died, he left
What the hell is going on?
I want to believe, I want to hope
I want to dream, I want to sleep
please answer me
What is hope?