Hope! Stir in me whispers of tomorrow.
If my heart can hear this then say I might,
‘twas Hope that gave silence to my sorrow.
Convince this heart that the sun shall follow
in the footfalls of even darkest night.
Hope! Stir in me whispers of tomorrow.
I’ll look to the horizon, all aglow;
no longer shall I sing that fearful plight.
‘twas Hope that gave silence to my sorrow.
Give me the strength to let go of my woe,
and welcome those changes I do invite.
Hope! Stir in me whispers of tomorrow.
And if I meet with Loss, that spited foe,
it is only courage he will incite.
‘twas Hope that gave silence to my sorrow.
My heart will follow its promising glow,
for Hope has become my true guiding light.
Hope stirred in me whispers of tomorrow,
‘twas Hope that gave silence to my sorrow.
Ariel K. Moniz
Ariel K. Moniz (she/her) is a queer Black poetess and Hawaii local currently living abroad. She is a co-founder of The Hyacinth Review, and serves as a poetry reader for The Lumiere Review as well as the social media manager for Liminal Transit Review. She is the winner of the 2016 Droste Poetry Award and a Best of the Net nominee. Her writing has found homes with Blood Bath Literary Zine, Sledgehammer Literary Journal, Black Cat Magazine, and Sunday Mornings at the River Press, among others. She holds a B.A in English from the University of Hawaii at Hilo, where she once served as the editor-in-chief of Kanilehua Art & Literary Magazine. You can find her on her website at kissoftheseventhstar.home.blog, on Twitter @kissthe7thstar, on Instagram @kiss.of.the.seventh.star, or staring out to sea.
