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Hope by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer

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Hope by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer

Hope has holes

in its pockets.

It leaves little

crumb trails

so that we,

when anxious,

can follow it.

Hope’s secret:

it doesn’t know

the destination–

it knows only

that all roads

begin with one

foot in front

of the other.

–Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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