A call for a duet, never answered.

Again, the bird whispered, yet silence still echoed.

Startled, wondering, and stunned, it fumbled.

The vastness of space, Jingled the oasis.

Thoughts tickled the mind: “What could it be?” “Have I been left out?” “An outcast?” So much emptiness, so much darkness...

The sweetness of melody, discarded once again. Yet, a whisper remains: “Surely, if nothing else, there is still hope!”

What does it show? In Greek mythology, HOPE is neither positive nor negative; it is ambiguous. In the myth, all evils escaped Pandora’s box, and only HOPE remained inside. Some minds will argue it leads to wishful thinking or passive waiting (ignorance), yet others may suggest it as a sign of resilience despite hardships. So, is HOPE a tool for resilience or a curse of delusion?

The creature we discussed is a Kauai ‘O’o bird. The bird went extinct due to human-induced habitat destruction and climate change (Audubon, 2021). The last of its species called out to its mate, a call that will never be answered. We can view it this way: its fate was sealed, yet it did not lose HOPE. Are we not so different?