Of Dreams and Desolution: The Poetry of J. Douglas Stephenson: Part 2

Loss and Reprise

<P>Loss and Reprise</P>

<P>In short, I've found the ending</P>

<P>Of a treasure, left lamenting</P>

<P>In a cavern called loss and reprise</P>

<P>Through the kismet and the clamour</P>

<P>In a scene I can't remember</P>

<P>Where the dark and the light still collide</P>

<P>And I've shouted to the Heavens for ages</P>

<P>Searched through the depths of unknown</P>

<P>And the reward for the path I have wandered</P>

<P>A voice that's left strained, a life full of pain</P>

<P>I've sinned and I have suffered</P>

<P>For the callow and the meaningless</P>

<P>To find we're just shapes in the dark</P>

<P>I've battled for the innocent</P>

<P>The truth, the lies, the covenant</P>

<P>For a glimpse of the beauty inside</P>

<P>And I've shouted to the Heavens for ages</P>

<P>Searches through the depths of unknown</P>

<P>And the reward for the path I have wandered</P>

<P>A voice that's left strained, a life full of pain</P>

<P>J. Douglas Stephenson</P>