Dawn Burst Forth, Earth Was Drinking Its New Rain

Dawn Burst Forth, Earth Was Drinking Its New Rain Dawn burst forth, earth was drinking its new rain Had I been asleep-in dreams far afield In soft slumber, void of my usual pain Or merely hiding behind my sword and shield Sun cast its plentiful, dazzling new rays Down on longings of a miserable man In this dark, dark cold-world everybody pays O' to escape again, if only I can Evening shadows now wrap my soul in stone Even as black darkness races to invade Shielding me from hard hits and broken bone And all righteous punishment I have made Midnight's hours battled, promising to save An unworthy soul from an early grave R. J. Lindley, Jan. 20th 1979 Poem Syllable Counter Results Syllables Per Line: 10 10 11 11 0 10 11 11 11 0 10 11 10 10 0 10 10 Total # Syllables: 146 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A Total # Words: 104 NOTE- Poem is presented as it was written decades ago, syllable count be damned. I will no longer make edits on my original works written decades ago just to meet such an overbearing and restrictive ban upon true poetic flow and a poet's heart.. Henceforth any of my old poems will be presented here , as I, in my youth cast them onto paper! The world be damned!