I thought there couldn’t be anything worse than a global pandemic,
Yet we find ourselves on the edge of destruction again.
We live in a hopeless world,
But I still choose to nurture hope.
We need hope.
We must hold on to hope.
Hope is all we’ve got.
I trust humanity will overcome the despair.
I trust we will see better days.
I trust we will see hope.
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From my poetry collection Despair and Hope (2024), page 81.