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verse_№_V0204 published Sep 21, 2026 written Feb 14, 1998 verse

Hope

grief & resilience free verse grief edge

Aspiration without a triumph clause.

Hope is not a guarantee. It is the decision to keep a calendar after the year has already failed you once.

Aspiration names a direction. It does not promise arrival. The body learns the difference when optimism runs out of stationery.

Faith in a brighter future is useful only if it admits the dark room you are standing in.

Hope that refuses inventory is propaganda wearing soft light.

The calendar stays open to tomorrow.

JV · Dark Heart Labs

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CLOSING TRANSMISSION // VERSE №_V0204