poem How Do You Dare Hope

How Do You Dare Hope

I hope in the way that the sea constantly washes upon bloody beaches.

I hope in the way that fire burns through the mother forest of seedlings that emerge from the ash.

I hope because day always follows night.

I hope because bones mend and scar tissue forms.

I hope in the way that the old die and the young are born.

I hope in how laughter follows tears and tears follow a tragedy.

I hope because I've cast aside depression, making way for the genuine light to shine.

I hope because rain always follows drought and sunshine always follows rain.

I hope becaue it is from the ashes that the phoenix rises.

I hope because tragedy gives birth to heros.

I hope because desperation gives birth to kindness.