Crossroads IV is published and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you all very soon! For now, here is another lovely piece from our Crossroads III Anthology. Thank you Kieran for sharing your vision of hope with us!

 

Hope

Kieran Rundle

I have hope in magic.

hope in the rules,

hope in angels,

and hope for the fools.

I have hope in the continuous

turning of the earth.

I have hope for the sunrise,

for the sky, and the dirt

I have hope forever

and all it can be.

I have hope in my ignorance

that one day I can see.

I have hope in the ocean

whose tides are the route.

I have hope in the moon,

and the light that never goes out

I have hope in the forests

that show me the way.

I have hope in the darkness

that it will lead to a new day.

I have hope in life,

whose circle is ever being.

I have hope in my heart,

in it’s eternal beating.

I have hope in the stories

of the Big, Great Beyond.

I have hope in love

and its eternal bond

I have hope in the nectar

that the flowers will bloom,

and hope in the snowflakes

that cold doesn’t mean doom

I have hope in tears,

that fall down from sad faces,

that the lessons learned past

will lead to new places.

I have hope in the sky

with its bright blue glowing.

I have hope in the stars

who seem ever knowing.

I have hope in the fire,

as the embers grow dim,

because from the ashes

a new flame of hope will begin.