Hope Rising

Dry earth dusted red

Evening candlelight ambience and drumbeats at the dawn

A cloudless sapphire sky

And a billion brilliant promises holding up the sky at night

Whispering the peace of “star light, star bright”

Children of the promise

Rescued from a world where death is not the greatest evil

Protected for a time

And understanding little the desperate hope that rides on them

The future of a people torn asunder by the wind

Ashes choke the air

Fiery scars blacken a paradise now lost

Death screams victory

Only the careful ear hears life’s resilient rebirth

Hope rising from the nascent green now pushing through the earth

Heaven’s heart breaks

Apathy paralyzes the equipped

We have the chance to change

But the forgotten burn to ash, for we fail to understand

The water of life to quench the flame is resting in our hands

Her victories small

Time beats senselessly against battlements of tradition

Long battles hard won

For fragile souls both prisoners and casualties of war

Sustained by Grace’s cry that they are life worth fighting for

And so, hope is rising...