At times when discord troubles sleep
and life has lost concordant tone,
as katydids sing through the night,
I know that I am not alone.
Though clouds draw drapes across the sky
and block the North Star from my sight,
I know that I am not alone
as neath the clouds still shines the light.
When vacant space is all I find
where constellations once have shone,
as neath the clouds still shines the light,
I know that I am not alone.
Though doubts are planted in the dark,
when met with faith they lose their might.
I know that I am not alone
as katydids sing through the night.
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Author Notes
In a mirrored refrain poem the two line refrain in each quatrain flips. In this variation, I have changed one of the refrain lines in the middle two verses to go with the star/cloud imagery.
As I could not find a picture of a katydid or the North Star in Fan Art, the illustration choice is more conceptual.
A katydid, for those living in parts of the world that do not have them, is a relative of the grasshopper and cricket, that makes a chirping song similar to the cricket's.
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