Lights On

I would leave the lights on
 if that will bring you back home.
Too many nights
 I walk the hall and check each room
 in hopes of finding you there, sleeping peacefully.
The shadows are all that remain
 haunting the walkway you once took routinely.
In the quiet still of the dark night
 I find I am lost without you
 ever longing and recalling other nights together.
The darkness and silence surround me
 and alone now, I leave the lights on - hoping and waiting
that you'll return
 if only ion my dreams.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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June 13, 2017 at 11:10 AM
I can feel this one too, DM. You are on a poetic roll:) This is one most can relate to.
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