Hope Enduring

In this small, quiet moment I am hopeful.
Not because things are necessarily good.
Or that I know things will be better soon.
But because I believe things will get better eventually.

Hope is not a fragile thing, waiting for rescue.
Hope is a warrior that fights with bloody fists.
A current that grows more powerful with every dam made to hold it back.
Hope inspires us and arms us to fight against despair.

It is easy to feel without hope.
To sit in darkness and cry out that the darkness is forever and all consuming.
But all it takes is one strike of a match.
And hope joins us by our side to show us warmth and light.

Hope is the comfort we find in warm hugs and gentle words.
But hope is also the fiercest warrior, unrelenting and enduring.
We just need to hold out a bit longer, cling together and lean on each other.
Hope will be here soon with a banner to lead the charge.

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