Hope stands defiant in the face of certain despair. Quills 2013 Nominee |
Hope Defiant When the world is cold and all seems lost When the lightning rips the sky When the endless night is closing in And the waves come crashing by No shelter from the raging storms No rest from the angry sea No path to lead out of the dark Hope's a distant memory Yet hope has many voices And comes in different forms Sometimes is hard to find it In the violence of the storms A warning static in the air Heralds the lightning’s reign And a patient hush waits to calm The thunder's desperate pain The ocean rock is battered By the whims of a petulant sea No help against the endless tide Lies abandoned, useless, and lonely But what seems so forsaken And lost among the waves Offers solid ground in shifting seas To those who’ve lost their way Like shadows changing with the light Hope shows so many faces For all its promise, peace, and love Its in the darkest places Hope is never really fleeting It stands forever strong Defiant and loud it proudly says Stand fast, keep holding on.. Published in the Summer 2013 edition of Shadows Express E-zine. |