to write in rhyme
a standard verse
and keep in time
staying not terse
is most sublime
or the reverse
so i should chime
or else disburse
no dismal rhyme
a welcome verse
to write in rhyme
a standard verse
and keep in time
staying not terse
is most sublime
or the reverse
so i should chime
or else disburse
no dismal rhyme
a welcome verse
all our words add up to quiet
not a thought we have of sound
light and shade here do abound
the wise man’s eternal dietsing aloud and each may listen
hour on hour of meaning froze
into place by knots and bows
while outside the grass will glisteneach reply will come uncertain
nothing’s left to random chance
any fool can learn the dance
well before the final curtain
as we sit and face the futurethere’s no one knows just what we’ll needanger breeds on edge of suturefire declares itself with speedrhyme and reason fade in panicfire and water meet in peacenot a one who waits is manicyet not a one could blame capricegrant the fire will burn the cloverand mighty flood will cleanse the valenothing’s left here to recovernone of the wise will hear this taleshallow paint the world in colourmake the choices come out flatthings will seem to come out dullerthe night belongs to angry bat