Is Hope Insane?

They say the definition of insanity
is to do the same thing over
and over again
expecting a different result
So I wonder if it's insane to hope
that things will change
26 dead in a Texas church
and I pray and I call my senators
and I watch my old TV shows
that comfort me and remind me
that this world can be kind
and I write words
wrestling with the violence
that visits us again
and again
and again
and again
and again
And none of it worked last time
None of it worked
the time before that
or the time before that
or the time before that
But I pray and call and watch and write
and hope that maybe
just maybe
this time will be different
That hope is a wounded beast
with broken legs
and bruised feet
but hope is all I can do
Maybe that makes me insane
But maybe insane hope
is the only thing that
can stand up to this
bloody insanity