Saturday, February 19, 2005

Just Something

I read this poem a few weeks ago in my poetry class on Robert Frost, and it really struck me. I've been meaning to put it on here since I read it. I read it as a beautiful little poem about doubt and the possibilities of faith. Here it is. It's worth reading.

Storm Fear

When the wind works against us in the dark,
And pelts with snow
The lower chamber window on the east,
And whispers with a sort of stifled bark,
The beast,
'Come out! Come out!'--
It costs no inward struggle not to go,
Ah, no!
I count our strength,
Two and a child,
Those of use not asleep subdued to mark
How the cold creeps as the fire dies at length,--
How drifts are piled,
Dooryard and road ungraded,
Till even the comforting barn grows far away,
And my heart owns a doubt
Whether 'tis in us to arise with day
And save ourselves unaided.

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