My hope still flickers

A prayer for compassion and our shared humanity, this song is an invitation to hold on to hope, resist separation, and remember what unites us. Because even in the darkest night… Hope still flickers.

Nessi Gomes - Hope Still Flickers (Official Video)

I'm down on my knees

Begging you please

Please

It’s so easy

It’s so easy to divide

But how do you stay in your heart

When the world is falling apart

Please

It’s not easy

It’s not easy to keep faith

When these storms rage,

dimming the light

Testing my resolve

in the heat of night

Please

Broken bones

Shattered dreams

Silent cries

Distant screams

Broken bones

On empty streets

Fallen homes

Where mothers weep

But my hope still flickers

In the dead of the night

They tried to divide us

They tried to keep us blind

But my hope still flickers

'Cause I'm remembering how to pray

Why did the gods abandon us?

Please help me find the way

"I just want to extend this prayer and these good words and wishes for everyone involved in this yet another cycle of horrific human suffering. Regardless of religion, borders, opinions or ideas, I find it difficult to witness how humanity once again falls into these divisions and this need to take sides, to be right, to be on the right side of things, rather than truly embracing and feeling into this horrible suffering that knows no borders. A mother crying for her baby is the ultimate pain. Obviously, we feel the pain of those close to us, but I refuse, even in this time, to follow the impulse of hatred, revenge and separation. In this very dark hour, I choose to keep the light close and to keep a deep empathy for human beings rather than for nations, symbols, flags or all sorts of man-made divisions."

My hope still flickers