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Stars of Hope

 

                                                                                                          

 

 

As the security of the sun’s light,

Descends below the Earth’s horizon,

The shadows of the dark night,

Emerge to engulf all that was day.

 

What was once warm and safe,

Is now cold and unforgiving.

All that was light, is now dark.

What had meaning, now is confusion.

 

Through the darkness of this solitude,

Comes forth a single light of hope.

It is faint against the multitude,

Of shadows but never yields.

 

As the hope grows within, so does the light,

Stand ever firm and strong,

Against the cold darkness of the night.

And the self finds that it does belong.

 

No amount of confusion and loneliness,

Can extinguish these soft lights.

They remain through the emptiness,

They remain through the night.

 

But the shadows stand strong deep within,

Leaving traces of darkness as a reminder,

That even hope can fade with time.

 

-Charlette Small 1999

 

                                                                                               

 

                                                                                                                   updated: 3/24/2002