“So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that a further shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.
And from his grave stone;
Walk on air against your better judgment.”
—Seamus Heaney
