Human beings suffer.
They torture one another.
They get hurt and get hard.
History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave,
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.
Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991)
No comments:
Post a Comment