Midnight Stroll

and I wandered under the stars
the balmy taste of wind on my lips
a whimsy of love in the air
just a few notes unrecognizable
tickling the nape of my neck
that’s when loneliness embraced me
the lover I recognized in the night



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

lonelylost lovenaturenightfree verse

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Andrea Dietrich

June 23, 2024 at 10:05 AM

Wish I had more time to read poems of all my friends here since many years ago. This is precious, Line

Line Gauthier

September 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM

Thank you so much, Andrea. I feel the same way ~

Jeanette Swan

May 29, 2024 at 2:19 AM

This is just how loneliness arrives, in the moment made for intimacy. Writing that 'loneliness embraced me' is the irony of the context and expectation, and then you have repeated the irony 'the lover I recognised...' It is the same reason that getting caught in the rain by yourself is just soggy, but with someone else is hilarious. I'm intrigued whether the character in the poem likes (or finds comfort in) the loneliness, or wishes for intimacy. The irony and ambiguity make the poem linger. J

Line Gauthier

September 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM

Yes indeed ~ ambiguity is a key element to bank on here.