My 1st ‘tritina’
Those who've faced death know it's easy to lose hope
Though, really, death is simply necessary
Holding a positive outlook's not naïve
Conservatives think liberals too naïve
Sometimes, one need be pragmatic despite hope
Sometimes, more than pragmatism's necessary
Foolish Pandora's hope was necessary
Smiling through endless hardships is not naïve
For life and death are much the same without hope
Human hope. It's necessary, not naïve.
Without hope, there is only time
Hope… which is whispered from Pandora’s box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things. Without it, there is only time. And time pushes at our backs like a centrifuge, forcing us outward and away, until it nudges us into oblivion.
― Ian Caldwell (b. 1976), The Rule of Four
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
time breathes hope
once death faced –
joy living
💖 Barbara 💖
this is not a naive or sentimental notion, and if I was to say something in my ethical will on this, it would include the obligation to hold space for people who have faced death as so many refugees all over the world in unimaginable circumstances have, so they can experience their survival as freedom to live.
Very well written,I love it .
Thanks so much, Anita
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David
Well done! (I do like your choice of end words – chosen like a pro!) I like the Tritina – much more than her evil older sister the Sestina!!
Yeah – it’s a LOT easier!
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David