Discouraged is the man who never said never,

then heard It whisper his name.

When Trial had shifted to Shadow, 

Sorrow had found a new game.

Beaten is he who refused to give up,

but found he never could win,

for playing against one's own Shadow

is like stilling a bough in the wind.

Hopelessness befalls the tired man

who waited like a turkey for wings.

And when they came in he realized

that Time makes a fool of such things.

Lost and done searching; the sailor is Grim

when the light at the shore is too dim.

Eyes are no use for a blind man,

and hope without light can't begin.

But Hope is not the only thing

that darkness cannot hope to bring.

For lack of light removes one more--

the Shadow can't be evermore.