IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING

     I Love You

“In spite of everything, I still believe

that people are really good at heart.

I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation

consisting of confusion, misery, and death.

I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness,

I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us, too,

I can feel the suffering of millions, and yet,

if I look up into the heavens,

I think that it will all come right,

that this cruelty will end,

and that peace and tranquility will return again.

In the meantime, I must uphold my ideals,

for perhaps the time will come

when I shall be able to carry them out.”

~Anne Frank

ART: LJ Austin “Wilderness Blossoms” 2024