BW29: Ode to Hope

Ode to Hope 

by

Pablo Neruda

Oceanic dawn

at the center

of my life,

waves like grapes,

the sky's solitude,

you fill me

and flood

the complete sea,

the undiminished sky,

tempo

and space,

sea foam's white

battalions,

the orange earth,

the sun's

fiery waist

in agony,

so many

gifts and talents,

birds soaring into their dreams,

and the sea, the sea,

suspended

aroma,

chorus of rich, resonant salt,

and meanwhile,

we men,

touch the water,

struggling,

and hoping,

we touch the sea,

hoping.

And the waves tell the firm coast:

'Everything will be fulfilled.' 

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