7/4/10

Hope is like a ray of light.
It can shine through anything.

Even the darkness in our hearts.

It is always there.
Guiding us.
Leading us.
Helping us.
It makes sure that we are never lost.
It gives us comfort.
It ensures safety.
It fills in a spot within us.

A spot in our heart.

On the account that it is extinguished,
We would lose our bearings.
We would feel lost.
We would feel insecure.
We would feel depressed.
We would feel like everything, means nothing.
We would feel empty.

Even though, at that time, we are consumed by the darkness in our hearts.

When that happens,
Our soul will no longer be there.

Our feelings,
All gone.
Our thoughts,
All clouded.
Our sight,
All misty.
Our hearing,
All distant.
Our feel,
All numb.
Our actions,
All uncertain.
Our tears,
All dry.
Our smile,
All dull.
Our scream,
All silent.
Our rage,
All cold.
Our heart,
All empty.

Ourselves,
All lost.

When we harbour no hope,
We are just an empty shell.
We would be emptied of everything we had.

It would start from our hope.
Gone.
Followed by our feelings.
Gone.
Followed by our heart.
Gone.
Followed by our senses.
Gone.
Followed by our ability to do anything.
Gone.
Followed by our basic human abilities.
Gone.
Followed by our possessions.
Gone.
Followed by our peers.
Gone.
Followed by our friends.
Gone.
Followed by our family.
Gone.
Followed by our sanity.
Gone.
Followed by our soul.
Gone.

What comes next,
Would be something so terrifying,
So tragic,
So disturbing,
So dark,
Yet important.

Death.

Most pretend not to revere it.
Most pretend not to care about it.
But when they are on the verge of facing it,
They realise its power.

Death can snatch everything away from you.

But in the case where hope does not exist anymore,
Death means nothing.
It is simply an end.
An end to a meaningless shell,
That has nothing.

Now, think about it.
Why do people keep on hoping?
If it is truly only the end result that matters,
Why bother with life?

Why bother to keep hoping?
Why bother to love?
Why bother to cry?
Why bother to rage?
Why bother to care?

This is because,
We have souls.

Souls are what allow us to feel what we feel now.
It might be good, it might be bad.
It might be happy, it might be sad.
It might be positive, it might be negative.

But no mater what,
It is these feelings that keep us filled.
Without these feelings, we would be empty.
Without these feelings, we would not be what we are.
Without these feelings, there is no point in life.

And where are these feelings?
In our hearts.
In our hearts, where everything matters.
In our hearts, where everything is important.

In our hearts, where not everything can be decrypted.

These feelings within our hearts cause the darkness.
The darkness which constantly threatens to consume us.
The darkness which constantly gives us problems.
The darkness which constantly gives our peers problems.
The darkness which constantly hurts us.
The darkness which constantly hurts our peers.

The darkness which can cause the unthinkable.

But there's one thing that can shine through this darkness.

Light.

For where there is darkness, there is light.
Unless we were to give up on the light.

This light, in this case, being hope.

The Light of Hope.

Never give up Hope.
Never give up on this lifeline.
For it will never give up on you.
It only leaves when you want it to.
And making it come back is not an easy feat.
So never give up this Hope.

希望の光
The Light of Hope.
Never give it up.