Hope

Hope is a weapon

Hope is a skill

Hope is a plant you can care for or kill

Hope is a discipline

Something you choose

Hard to stop looking for

Easy to lose

Hope isn't something to have or to take

If you can't find it it's something you make

Make it from willpower

Make it from spite

Learn how to weaponize love in a fight

Hope is a shield

And a thing to defend

End in itself

And a means to an end



The End

"...
and the universe said I love you

and the universe said you have played the game well

and the universe said everything you need is within you

and the universe said you are stronger than you know

and the universe said you are the daylight

and the universe said you are the night

and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you

and the universe said the light you seek is within you

and the universe said you are not alone

and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing

and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code

and the universe said I love you because you are love.

And the game was over and the player woke up from the dream. And the player began a new dream. And the player dreamed again, dreamed better. And the player was the universe. And the player was love.

You are the player.

Wake up."