New Year (Three versions)
\nby cricketjeff on May 2, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nThe World was dark, it seemed more night than day,
\nAnd every night was longer than the last.
\nHis loneliness let living slip away;
\nTomorrow just an echo of his past.<\/p>\n
Without a hope his life was not a tale
\nThat any man would ever want to tell,
\nAnd every day he hoped the spark would fail,
\nA purgatory would beat this living hell.<\/p>\n
But every year will come at last to Yule,
\nOne morning she was there and life began.
\nInside her eyes he saw he’d been a fool
\nAnd in her arms he soon became a man.<\/p>\n
Now every night is brighter than the day,
\nHe fell in love and found a better way.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 OR<\/p>\n
My world was dark, it seemed more night than day
\nAnd ever night was longer than the last.
\nThrough loneliness the present slipped away
\nTomorrow just an echo of my past.<\/p>\n
Devoid of hope my love was not a tale
\nThat any man could ever want to own.
\nEach day I hoped the vital spark would fail
\nAnd I could leave this purgatory alone.<\/p>\n
But every year must come at last to Yule,
\nOne morning you were here and life began.
\nInside your eyes I saw I’d been a fool
\nAnd in your arms I first became a man.<\/p>\n
And now each night is brighter than the day
\nI fell in love and found a better way.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 OR<\/p>\n
The World was dark, it seemed more night than day,
\nAnd every night was longer than the last.
\nHis loneliness let living slip away;
\nTomorrow just an echo of his past.<\/p>\n
Without a hope his life was not a tale
\nThat any man would ever want to tell,
\nAnd every day he hoped the spark would fail,
\nA purgatory would beat this living hell.<\/p>\n
But every year must come at last to Yule,
\nOne morning you were here and life began.
\nInside your eyes I saw I’d been a fool
\nAnd in your arms I first became a man.<\/p>\n
And now each night is brighter than the day
\nI fell in love and found a better way.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nI wrote the first of these versions in http:\/\/allpoetry.com\/item\/show\/6402591,
\nMairi_bheag in commenting suggested it may work better in the first person, so
\nI wrote the second version, in the third version I have left the first two
\nstanzas in the thrird person to emphasise the difference between the sad fool
\nat the start and the complete man at the end. Any thoughts anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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