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Hope in Dark Times
May 3, 2013
Why must we live,
Only to die?
Why must the sun leave?
For the moon to come
Is it Justice,
If it has so many casualties?
Is our time here,
Something left up to fate?
We have a choice,
For without choice,
We would not be who we are,
For fate doesn’t control us.
There is always a light
No matter how big
Whether we accept it or not
That is for us to decide
So we must be hopeful
So we must strive forward
For if we don’t
Then who will.
© Ty B., Oak Bluffs, MA
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I like the internal dilemma in this poem—your method of asking questions and provoking the reader to think deeper about their purpose in life. I really appreciate how you write about hopeful things, and deep things, instead of cliched love poems or something....it shows character. I really like this poem as it gives a puts a sort of responsibility on the reader, that they have a hand in their own life. Love it :) keep writing!
