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The Hope of Life
Hope rests quiet. Its sweetest tune
Plays on, down in my soul, fluttering.

Waiting to take wing, a window opens;
A shaft of light, hope, and life is whole.

A blast of wind, the window broken;
Light flickers, sighs so quickly die.

The song is gone. Time goes cold.
Hope is stolen. All is lost. Why live on?

Motionless, I move, watching life without
Play loud it's endless croon.

Hope betrayed, laughing a mocking tune of hate,
There is no form. Life consists of hurt and pain.

But then, somewhere out there,
I hear a whisper, calling, soft, my name.

Open arms reach out. I see a loving face
Calling, entreating gently from another place.

I feel a stirring deep within.
Can it be? Could love begin?

The light of life, a miracle,
Eternal love unfolding; heal my heart.

God's gentle love becomes the wing;
The tune, the hope of life to sing.


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by Derry

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