Hope!

  Like a crack of light in darkness

Hope reaches out to the hopeless

It can crush a mountain of doubts

And awaken the youngest of smiles

It lives in the eyes of the destitute

And dwells in the hearts of the childless

Its weak aroma can be perceived in times of war

Its feathery scratch felt by the separated

“Though we war today, I shall live in peace tomorrow!”

A cry of hope!

Even though we all know the truth

The truth which sounds so bitter and distant

We hold our peace
We keep hoping for better days
We ignore the voice that tries to silence our hope
We keep hoping

For even the wise know that “hopelessness” is always louder than “hope” itself

By Sylvia Chika

sylviachika@gmail.com

http://sylviachika.blogspot.com/

http://sylviachika.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sylviachikablog

BBM Channel: C002F2845

Twitter: @sylviaoz

 

© 2012 Sylvia Chika