Hope beats at the heart of humanity It beats within where none can bar its way It beats aloud in the shouts of protests It beats steadily in the hands of the medics Hope beats Swiss banks freeze after 500 years of hibernation in neutrality And a farmer feeds his hungry homeless used-to-be neighbors Hope beats Worldwide people choose sanctions with their higher prices To rally against the price of Ukranian blood And a Polish driver takes a volunteer to the border Hope beats Russian independent broadcasters protest the lies Putin mandates Risking their lives playing Swan Lake on repeat as long as they can And a Russian boy’s last words inspire a viral TikTok song reaching more than 2 million people Hope beats Diapers, formula, hairbrushes, toothpaste; donation sites in Poland fill to capacity And the Meme Mom I follow tells me the truth through her camera in Eastern Europe Hope beats Hope beats at the heart of humanity It beats in every act of kindness and charity for love It beats in every act of defiance and courage for justice It beats in every act of sacrifice for the sake of others Listen for the Hope Beats
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