“We did not ask for this room, or this music;
we were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces toward the light.
Let us endure hardship
to be grateful for plenty.
We have been given pain
to be astounded by joy.
We have been given life
to deny death.
We did not ask for this room,
or this music.
But because we are here,
let us dance.”
About This Quote
The above source confirms to a certain degree that this in fact a stephen king poem. He hid his authorship of it so it's hard to track down the source, but it seems he really did write it, not the mini-series writer.
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