Long Night

The night was long, the rain was cold She shivered between sheets of gold Her whip-poor-will was silent too The nightly joy, sliced clearly through 'Cause, nature did the bird protect Sleep in your chair, feel the affect Contest: Form L-Lay Sponsor: Constance La France Theme: Romance (lack of it) Date:April 2, 2022 Checking: SyllableCounter.Net The night was long, the rain was cold 8 2She shivered between, the sheets of gold 9 corrected 3Her whip-poor-will was silent too 8 4The nightly joy, sliced clearly through 8 5'Cause, nature did the bird protect 8 6Sleep in your chair, feel the affect 8 Amazing how after 60 years of sharing a bed the emotional affect of one's mate sleeping elsewhere. He fell and hurt his back and says that laying flat hurts(makes muscles go into spasms). I am meaning the emotional affect of him sleeping elsewhere. I have about got used to it now.