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 <\/p>\n

Hope<\/span><\/p>\n

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You don\u2019t ask a fish to shed its scales and take to the sky,<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor do you ask the flowers to sing a chorus<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet you ask me to have hope?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But in my heart of hearts I know<\/span><\/p>\n

You called blind men to see\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And deaf men to hear,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lame to leap\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and me to be one of Yours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So if you ask me to hope, what can I do?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I will no longer breathe in the murky waters of the deep,<\/span><\/p>\n

But will exchange my scales for wings.<\/span><\/p>\n

I won\u2019t bloom in silence,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But will praise you in every wilting and florescence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I will lay my fears aside\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Brianna Voltmer<\/span><\/p>\n

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