by Hani’a Hummingbird Hototo
I am still angry with you…
You must give me another chance, Peace. I’m not who I once was. Besides, anger does not suit you. Never has.
Do not be chide with me, you haven’t the right. If I could not trust you before, why should I trust you now?
Because I’m different now.
That is hard for me to imagine…
I know, I know… please forgive the folly of my youth. Painful lessons have I learned from my mistake. Most painful is losing your trust.
I needed you. You failed me. And –well you know what happened. The situation now is awful because of you.
Yes, I own it. It’s my fault, all of it. But it can be fixed. I –I mean we can fix it. It can be right again.
We? Have I not heard this before…
I’m telling you I’m different.
Oh? How so? All I hear is talk. All I have ever heard from you is talk. Where will you be when it is time to act?
I will be at your side. You’re right, Peace, talk was all I had, but I’ve been given something much more… I need the chance to prove it. I have what can help you establish what is Just and put the situation right. It is so important that you trust me now.
Establish what is Just? Is it not too late? The situation is a disaster! Even if we were to work together, considering you have changed and can be trusted… It still would not be enough. Do you not remember? Because of your foolishness, Hope has left… What can any of us do without Hope?
She will return. When Hope feels us working together she will return.
What makes you think such?
Truth. Truth has told me.
You dare lie about Truth?!
I do not lie. I cannot lie anymore. Truth has touched me… has changed me.
Do not blaspheme… Why would Truth…
Careful you do not blaspheme. Who can say what Truth will or will not do. Listen, please… Truth has come to me… Not because of me, but because of Truth Itself. It is Truth that will put the situation right… Through you and I working together …It is Truth that will send Hope again and Faith and also Love…
You betrayed Love!!
I did, I did… I do not deny… But I have been reconciled with Love! Truth brought me before Mercy who has washed away my sins, assigned Repentance to watch over me, and has sent me to you. I would not have come otherwise. I am different now. I have even been given a new name. By Truth’s decree, I now am to be known as Courage.
Courage…
Yes.
Perhaps… you have changed. I am willing to believe it so… Still, the situation is so dire… Is there really a chance, Courage? Can what is Just really be established against these odds? It seems impossible. …Doubt overwhelms me…
Doubt suits you less than anger, Peace. Of course, there is a chance else, I would not have been sent to you. I was wont to ask of Truth the outcome but was forbidden… This understanding, however, was given: You are Peace; I am Courage; where one goes the other must ever follow. Whatever chance there is of success depends in equal measure upon our togetherness and our Remembrance of Truth… Being always true …to what is Just …and one another. Though you could not before, upon my very life you can trust me now, Peace, for I know without you, my life is vain: insignificant and void of purpose. And supporting you in the establishment of what is Just is forevermore my purpose…