A rose that only knows sunlight Can never understand rain; A heart that's only known gladness Can never understand pain. Eyes that have never seen darkness Cannot comprehend hope; Passions that have never felt torment Are fires that can not be stoked. But wisdom that hearkens to anger Will someday turn its cheek; A bold king of cruelty Will someday join the meek. Though the good and the bad Writhe in confliction Inside us all Is a whole conviction. Two parts to a whole, Two sides in the glass, The push and the pull, The future and past. We stumble about Our hearts divided in twain Eking out answers In our fight to remain. We ask ourselves Whatis wrong? What is right? Too scared of the dark To embrace the light. We cannot be happy Without having been sad We cannot have good Without the bad.