Alone or Unknown?

julie leyraud 1960 (USA)



For seven years, dark and light,
Strove together in his sight.
Pulling, pushing, tearing all apart,
Ripping each other to half our heart.
Light sought day; dark sought night.
Dark fearing light, light fearing dark.

The Son broke loose, mountains fell;
Light and dark headed for Hell.
Time split the season, rains began to fall;
To each his own, do you hear the call?
Dark and light will not strive in his sight;
By his spirit it is, not by power or might.

Shall we part, travel roads worn and grown;
I'd rather be alone, then wait on the unknown.
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Submitted by Juliea777 on July 03, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBAX CCDDAA EE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 533
Words 100
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 2

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