Who can say when it will be time
To put down your things--
To turn yourself in-- finally
And to cry at the end of all this?
Who can say when sadness ends
And happiness comes
In a final and powerful stroke
To take away all pain?
Who can say when confusion is over
And clarity has come:
To destroy what's old
And renew the newest stem of hope?
Who can say when and how
The war will be won in the shadows
Of the old battle that was lost--
And what prize it will bring forth
On this very final march to victory..
Who can say when?
