The Book of Hope

Verse 1
Hope it seems often, the subject of dreams
Admired from afar, it glistens and gleams

An ideal in a vision, of something so pure

The promise of peace, holds a fateful allure

Verse 2
Progress is fuelled, by our want and desire
To grasp for the need, to reach ever higher

Confused we assume, a lust for great things

We cling not to hope and the freedom it brings

Verse 3
Surrounded by greed, as its mayhem transpires
It is now only money, in vast sums that inspires

Your eyes they reopen, each morning you wake

As the new day it dawns, the same path you take

Verse 4
Like machines we are governed, by logic and file

Forced are the lessons, in the mind of a child
With fear they are driven, their resolve absolute

If you challenge you fail, to repeat is astute

Verse 5
The manufacture of drones, repeating each day

We are taught how to think, to see and to play

Before it’s conceived, your future is planned

But not by your hope and not by your hand

Verse 6
Your mind it is filled, with things they hold dear

With places and names, with failure and fear

A version of history, they assure you is fact
With equations of rules, your mind they distract

Verse 7
Acceptance is the promise, you hold in your heart

They show you the failings, that keep you apart
Great risks you will take, if at all you stand tall

To think for yourself, leaves you destined to fall

Verse 8
We learn to conform, to the theme of their show

We assume they have told us, all we must know

For nothing it seems, can exist if not proved

Residing in faith, hides a fool once removed

Verse 9
Armed with their facts, you resume the great task

Convinced in their doctrine, there's no need to ask

In knowledge you're told, your faith you must place

Though each of us runs, only one wins the race

Verse 10
To survive you obey and follow their rules

Poverty is the reward, for the folly of fools
With your lessons as weapons, you fear not the fight

But what if your teachers were wrong, more than right

Verse 11
To learn you must find, the faith in yourself

Only Victors have written, the books on your shelf
At the end of all battles, great knowledge is lost

They pay with their lives, yet we bear the cost

Verse 12
Though defeated the minds, of those who had fought

Were filled with great wisdom and difference of thought

Victory in war, brings the loss of their knowledge
Rare is the king, who's faults they acknowledge

Verse 13
So trust not their doctrine, for from greed it came

In the kingdom of God, we are one and the same
The ancients they called him, by many great names

Today they teach faith, is a misguided shame

Verse 14
Those given to power, with fear rule your mind

They have broken your hope, your faith left behind
Not by chance is this done, so make no mistake
If you give way to fear, your freedom they take

Verse 15
They corrupted the story and evil they spread

For their own profit, they changed what was said

To concentrate power, they claimed life above
Your redemption they held and the key to God's love

Verse 16
Through fear they collected and kept untold wealth

Their method of control, they wielded with stealth

Now transparent, their deception caused those unaware

To doubt the whole story, of a God we all share

Verse 17
Where will this leave us, in times yet to come

We care not for others, to doubt we succumb

For faith is a freedom, they delighted in taking

To live without hope is a prison in making

Verse 18
For never did God, choose to take it from you

It was us that decided, to doubt what we knew

The need for his love, is ancient and sacred
We are only part of the wonder, of all he created

Verse 19
The impossible made possible, is the truth of his trust

We must let go of confusion, our hatred and lust

For ever have those, who with hearts full and bold
Defeated their fear and the lies they were told

Verse 20
Many have spoken, of this wonderful thing

Of the miracle of hope and the joy that it brings

Of the freedom that's yours, despite all you see

Only you can decide, what you choose to be

Verse 21
We all have heard things, that darken our sight

Hope there is always, if you fight the good fight

A wealth of true power, which from you they hide

For money creates classes and therein our divide

Verse 22
Vast is the universe, we perceive with our mind

Your soul it knows places, you must lose to find
The dimensions are countless, ours is but one

The path to the father was paved by the son

Verse 23
Great strength will abide, in a heart that is free

There are things in this life, we must believe to see

On the road of discovery, your guide is perception

The honour of sight, is this worlds great deception

Verse 24
For countless are the ways, to feel and to hear

The scenes that you see, are only what's near

Look to the stars, as their light dances in place

It enters your eyes, for your soul to embrace

Verse 25
As they sit in the heavens, forever they dance

To remind us that life, did not happen by chance
Though name them we have, at least all we can see

 Did we see their creation, before man came to be

Verse 26
From its center, the light of the universe flows

A place beyond sight, yet forever it grows
So delicate the dance, that keeps us our place

The existence of time, is redundant in space

Verse 27
Look within and without, look down and look up

Don't wait for the drops, to spill from their cup
For no other creature, needs money to live
Only you can decide, to receive or to give

Verse 28
Choose to forgive, the debts you are owed

Your compassion is the greatest, gift to bestow

If you have in abundance, regardless of essence

To give without want, is to bask in his presence

Verse 29
For once I too, looked around with despair

It seemed all was chaos, to a mind unaware
I'd forgotten to remember, the power of his voice

If you follow your heart, your soul will rejoice

Verse 30
Nothing we've made, despite all that we've found

Can contend with he, who's voice made the sound
The maker of makers, can in a moment undo
The harm that they promise, will happen to you

Verse 31
We buy the illusion, of a comfort in control
Of a life that is void, in the absence of soul

To live life with no hope, is a perilous fate

You can choose to be free, it is never too late

Verse 32
At the end of your journey, no doubt you'll reflect

On opportunities lost, if your soul you neglect
Great power you have, to fix all that is broken
You first must believe, in the word that was spoken
 

Verse 33
For we are the word, along with all that there is
Our lives are vibrations, of the voice that is his

All who imagine, have the power to change scope
All things are possible, for a heart filled with hope
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