Until You Return

It’s 4 am I feign sleep the room is quiet it’s only your breathing that I hear its rhythm is almost hypnotic it feels safe the night light of the city shimmers through the window the blinds cast linear shadows almost prison like bars I count them one by one I hear the faint rumble of a plane in the distance and I know why I can’t sleep you’ll be leaving in the morning I look at the clock it’s now 4:10 there’s no ticking clocks don’t tick anymore I wish they did just a few minutes left before some plane will whisk you away from me and I’ll feign sleep each night until you return