Lyric Poem · Love
I was in the darkness
I was in the darkness;
I could not see my words
Nor the wishes of my heart.
Then suddenly there was a great light —
"Let me into the darkness again."
This poem is in the public domain.
“I was in the darkness” by Stephen Crane — quilloak.com/poems/i-was-in-the-darkness
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