POEM: Despair and Hope

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.