Hello

I watched As the fog rolled in Inching its way Across the fields Slowly Plucking all the stars From a moonless sky After a while All that remained Was a silky blackness So dark It felt as though You could weigh The heaviness It carried To my door Sitting at my window I stared for hours At nothing While all about the house The weight of the night Relentlessly pressed On every window and door Squeezing the outside world From view These were troubling nights Sleepless night Nights that never heard The sound Of a Bluebird Welcoming the dawn Or the warmth Of a morning sun Brightening the land I spent years At that window First in anger Then in sorrow Sometimes in prayer Making deals with God While I waited for you To come home At first I knew every word I was going to say But over time I found myself Saying out loud Something different each day Until In the end All I wanted Was to say Hello