when we are defined
more by our hate than our love,
everything shrinks

where hope’s fallen through
are some of the best reasons
for starting anew.

image: phatpat

mourning is for those
who wholeheartedly believe
there is no reprise.

morning is the time
hopeful souls rely upon
just before the dawn.

image: eggman

in the quiet place,
with the quiet people,
we sit, we listen,

hoping to recognize,
hoping to receive
the still, small voice Divine.