Hope is

Writers: Emily, Janet, Jane, and Renita

Hope is a journey of mortar and stone

a shelter for hearts storied survivalists

a blade of grass through dark earth

resilience born from a broken shell

fragments displacing fear our songs

sweetest in a gale holding on for dear life

Let light and warmth raise the dough

we will break bread find a way through despair

What exactly will it take for world peace?

Stitch a new coat for the whole world to wear.