Sounds

I lie awake in bed

Alone. I am naked

- it is warm tonight

I cannot sleep and

My thoughts wander around stupidly

To calm them, I listen to the sounds

- the ice in my glass cracking

rhythmically, as it melts in the constant head

- the whirring of the fans

in my neighbours’ appartments

- and beyond, maybe a gentle breeze?

Soon, you will be here

with you, new sounds

of sighing and a gentle breathing

to replace these surrogate sounds

and keep my thought at bay

for another day

or so

24.08.09