To Hope

Someday somehow something will kill us all,
and yet we cling to life and fear to go,
So wherein lies our hope to climb this wall
or smash it and this hopeless life we know?

There is no earthly answer to this quest,
no person who can show us how to cope,
no worldly wisdom that can pass this test,
no present pleasure that can give us hope.

Yet just as God gave life to us before
we got here from someplace and time unknown,
so why can't we put faith for what's in store
in One Who tells us we are not alone?

O God of hope in this our hopeless state,
I'll put my faith in You and take my fate.

                         -- by Pete Voelz         5/05