Jasmine

We do our failing best

to grow jasmine again,

to plant without promise,

return, to water hope 

even as the world burns,

to sing the names of God,

to sound the end of suffering,

as others worshipa  god of war

who tortures their hearts

unrest spills and spreads,

so we must be vigilant,

must plant and promise,

water and sing,

for hope is a practice,

a garden and song

that must be practiced,

tilled and sung.