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Hope Has Died

February 17, 2006

Hope has died
The pain cuts deep
Joy has vanished
Like dreams from sleep

I wasn’t ready
Not quite prepared
A familiar void
Leaves me scared

Will hope return
Today or the next
Does it even matter
If I try my best

I skew my thoughts
Some here, some there
The fight is pointless
Like beating the air

And yet I trust
In things unseen
Still convinced
Of hope redeemed

Hope may die
But faith persists
Has power to guide
Has wings to lift

Faith sustains
Until such time
That hope returns
In form sublime

And this I’ve learned
Of hope hast died
It’s always stronger
The second time

So left to wait
And wait I must
It’s now in faith
I put my trust

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