Hope Is The Thing That Bites
FEU Advocate
November 15, 2023 16:05
So often, we hear that hope is the thing with feathers,
The quiet nightingale that sings us to salvation — light and light.
But so often, the hope that lives within us is neither a sweet nor timid bird.
It is a vicious thing with claws and teeth, thrashing in its enclosure,
Pulling its leg from the trap, existing despite it all.
Hope is a thing that lingers, a thing that fights.
A thing that cannot be eviscerated by fire, by tears, by knife.
It grows like an olive tree on broken land and mends itself like bone.
It bleeds like a wound, festers like a wound,
A scar that marred the skin, a phantom pain pulsing in sinew and flesh.
So often, hope is a dog that bites the hand of terror,
A weapon that slashes at the face of grief.
Hope’s song is neither a wind chime nor a solemn melody,
But an echoing war cry ringing from within the soul.
-Aryanna Mikaela C. Bengan
(Illustration by Elysse Nicolle Duller/FEU Advocate)
Other Stories
FEU sweeps past UE, improves standing to 3-0
February 25, 2024 03:29
Saavedra’s 16 points outshine Red Warriors, extend winning streak to 7
April 17, 2024 07:45
Paghuhusga ni Juan kay Digong
July 07, 2016 10:19
ITS strengthens cybersecurity following hacking incident
July 13, 2020 11:58
Pagbabago sa Ilang Heritage Sites ng Pilipinas, itinalakay
August 30, 2015 16:19
FEU Guides to host second year of virtual Creepiyu
October 27, 2021 04:14
2 FEU undergrad programs earn Level 3 accreditation
January 12, 2022 02:36
FEU notches 1st win at UE’s expense to start UAAP campaign
February 17, 2019 11:38
Tamaraws abolish Blue Eagles, enter UAAP Finals after 6 years
May 05, 2019 17:12
Manila chief inquest prosecutor, FEU Law '91 alumnus dies in ambush
July 11, 2020 12:20