I have hope that humanity will win out
over self-preservation.
I have hope that people will have learned to love and live,
rather hate and die.
I have hope that color, race, religion, and creed won't matter anymore,
but friendship and common need will unite us.
I have hope that technology will blind us to our inequities,
opening up new worlds and limitless possibilities.
I have hope that the lamb will lie with the lion,
and we will be smart enough to do the same.
I have hope that we will have reached for the stars,
and left earth behind.
I have hope that ends
are really beginnings in disguise.
I have hope.
Simple words - mostly born of living with my head in the sand (according to some).
Someone I used to love was fond of living in disaster - planning and planning (and hoping?) for the end. Y2K was the biggest event in his life - we bought a farm, planted a garden, ordered rooms full of canned goods and dried food, purchased firearms and ammo -- in preparation for 'the end of life as we know it'. (TEOLAWKI) Even though it ended with fireworks (the 4th of July kind, luckily) he continues to insist the end is near - just out of reach, but 'soon'. He lives every day a condemned man, waiting for his sentence to be passed so he can fight his way out.
I found I couldn't live that way. When it comes to the end of the world, I WILL continue to have hope. If it means I have to stick my head in the sand and NOT watch the news, NOT accept the hate, and NOT not reach out to help, I am OK with that. I have to live with HOPE.
When it comes to the end of the world, I have hope.
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This has been a Finish the Sentence Friday post, where writers and bloggers gather each week to complete a sentence.
this was sheer beautiful take, tyme.
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Amen!!
YES! Me, too. Me, too. I hardly ever watch the news. It's just. Here's to hope. I really loved this sentence: I have hope that people will have learned to love and live, rather hate and die. Cheers. I'm also glad that you realized the person you used to love was too focused on the disaster for you and that you were able to create a new place for yourself full of hope. Thank you so much for linking up with finish the sentence!
ReplyDeleteI love that you have hope! It keeps me going through the dark times and even the light times.
ReplyDeleteThese words touched me: I have hope that people will have learned to love and live,
rather hate and die.
I think your way is better. I enjoyed your poem, especially the part of technology blinding us. The anonymity of technology has shown terrible results, but there's hope that anonymity can also produce more love.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful poem! Not sure if the story about Y2K Man is true, or just an allegory -- but if true, how sad! There is so much beauty given to us each day. Absolutely, we will all leave this earth. All the more reason to seize each day, and live it completely.
ReplyDeleteHope is the best news ever.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love your way of living... Here's to HOPE, for always.
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