Shadows And Light
For The Vocal "The Sonnet of Shadows" Challenge
Introduction
This is inspired by Charles Maurin's image of "The Apparition" shared by The Enchanted Booklet here:
The music is the gorgeous, almost a cappella, "Shadows and Light" from the album "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns"
Shadows And Light
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A Dark Shadow Came Out Of The Night
An Apparition, Something Unknown
Had It Come To Extinguish Our Light
Its Presence Did Chill Us To The Bone
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Is This A Devil, Come To Harm Us
An Evil Menace Cloaked In Shadow
Surely We Are The Light, It Darkness
What Does It Want? That We Do Not Know
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On This Dark Chessboard, Are We To Fight?
The Creature Hiding Its Face From Us
We Are Standing On The Side Of Right
And We Will Shun The Shadow's Darkness
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We Lit Our Lanterns, Then It Took Flight
The Shade Disappeared Into The Night
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Comments (3)
Great entry. Good luck in the Challenge! I love the last two lines the most, I think. Really wraps it up.
Great job!!! I've tried two so far and scrubbed them both. I'll get to it eventually. Yours is terrific!
Great entry Mike. I like the chessboard metaphor too. 😊