Night

written January 19, 2000

These feelings have come upon me.
Things changed so suddenly
yet so slowly.
So slowly that I couldn't take note;
like the way day fades into night.
These are the thoughts I have
as I watch the sun duck behind
the cloak of darkness that his mistress wears.
The air grows cold as it steadily grows blacker
and I wrap my blanket around me
pulling it up to my chin.
The crickets start to sing all around me.
I take in a deep breath
and I smell your scent.
I can almost feel you in my arms again;
I can almost hear you sigh as I
gently move my hands over your shoulders.
Night is here now.
She has embraced me in her delicate shroud.
I sit now, listening to the crickets sing.
And I dream and hope.
Hope that one day soon, you'll embrace me too.