Heights and hopes which rise

No one can match

Defeat

Or fail to mention

The soaring heights

Of the hopes of man

When with unrelenting optimism and gusto

He senses that

The inevitable wind

Will rise again

And flourish rightly in the sails

Wrapped so firmly beneath his feet

Just to settle all other dreams

And all other schemes

Of the unapologetic and unhopeful man

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