Kim Nelson Writes » hope http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com Give me some words... let me play! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:08:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 JOY & Exultation http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2009/01/19/the-joy-exhultation/ http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2009/01/19/the-joy-exhultation/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:07:18 +0000 Kim Nelson http://musingsbykate.wordpress.com/?p=255 . . . → Read More: JOY & Exultation]]> I’ve got the JOY down in my heart,

Long absent.

Deep and Real and Ready.

It’s the JOY from which springs hope and possibility.

Where dreams become reality.

The JOY that shouts “Yes, We Can!”

From deep within the belly

From the highest mountaintop.

The JOY that dares to dream of opportunity for all

And guarantees a future

Brighter, cleaner, clearer than today.

It is the JOY that nurtures young souls,

Soothes the old

And offers the middle-aged something to work for.

It is the JOY of American dreams and expectations.

Of all that we

Can be

Should be

Hope to be.

It is the JOY of better days.

The JOY of  America.

Our America.

My America.

America.

JOY.

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Tears.

Fears.

Disappointment and Defeat.

Again.

Death beckons,

Seductively offering promises of ease.

Reality?

The odious trials of living it out are too obvious.

Enduring seems impossible, too painful, to him.

He’s near surrender.

Words fail.

Love…encouragement…support…ineffective.

Is there a way

To get him through another day?

Will the phone ring again?

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Why is hope not injectible?

Why is love not enough?

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