Sinking Into a True Despair
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Author's Note: This verse narrative speaks for itself. The true despair that all of us feel, at certain times, can be explained and portrayed in many different ways. When all is irreversible, it's time to move on, without a doubt. This poem is a collaborated poem that Liam McDaid and I had the opportunity to work on together. Enjoy the poem, and its palpable message about "Despair," and the importance of "Hope." (Gary Bateman - July 5, 2021) (Verse)
Sinking into a True Despair
It’s like trying to shoot a monstrous ghost that you can’t ever see,
and, at the same time, this applies when one wants to kill a rumor,
and where everything is just like water running off a duck’s back,
and when you can’t see the source of it as it disappears over time.
Yet, if this leak becomes a true object of issue and a real concern,
then all the damage is irreparable and beyond any hope of saving.
It’s at this stage that we choose to cut our losses and to move on.
And, why not? Despair is always a part of the human experience.
Yet, where there is “despair” there can also be “hope,” if each of
us have the courage to summon it and to never take counsel of
our own fears. Hope can spring eternal, if the human will is stout
and courageous. Let us hope so and make it so!
Gary Bateman and Liam McDaid
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July 5, 2021 (Verse)
Copyright © Gary Bateman | Year Posted 2021
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