Poem: Alone in the Night

 

 Alone in the Night

I can hear you calling my name, and it still sounds so sweet and tender, but is it really you?
Is it the voice that I’ve loved for so many years?
Are you dreaming of me, or is it just me thinking about you while I listen to the ocean waves?
I can’t stop thinking about you, and I can’t close my eyes without hearing the sounds.
I hear the beating of our hearts like when you were still with me.
I can hear your heart so close, yet you’re so far away.
Alone in the night, I hear everything from the water dripping to the flickering lights.
When I was with you, I didn’t bother to notice all these things that were around me.
Now that you’ve gone, I hear everything.
Alone in the night, I hear you calling my name and talking like when you were lying next to me and were whispering those gentle words into my ears.
Those words were lovely because they gave me warmth.
Now, however, all I can feel is the cold wind blowing in my lonely heart of love.

 Copyrighted @ 2022. Taken from Into the Night: A Collection of Poems, by N.N. Nicky