Wednesday, 13 August 2025

How can we sing of hope?

 


How can we sing
when the world is this broken?
Who will sing,
What manner of song?

Sing the miracle of hope into being.

The birds sing,
the whales
and bats
and gibbons sing
as do tree frogs
tadfish, katydids,
crickets 
and antelope squirrels.
Song is how male mice attract mates.
Singing is Nature's Way.

Rather than enumerating all the tragic reasons
why humansong can be curtailed,
by the relentless daily horrors,
sing the miracle of hope into being.

Continue to sing, 
no matter the news.
Sing out the happy,
not so much the blues.
Sing the miracle of hope into being.

Sing out the possible:
Joy, laughter, freedom,
loss of demon's minions by "happy accident".
Sing out the dance of victory over darkness.
Sing the miracle of hope into being.

Keep singing, no matter what.
Sing the miracle of hope into being.


©Ellen Pepper 2025

Image: Forest Choir in Tranquil Trees  @redoakradio

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