Awake Again
It's the middle of the night
3:15
Nobody awake but me -
Again!
It is the kind of quiet where
you can hear everything.
The hum of the blessed air conditioner;
the comfortable, if annoying
rumbling of my husband's snoring;
the twitching whimpers of a dog's dream,
all noisy in the silence before dawn.
I can hear the small sounds of
two block-away traffic;
a cat's stretch and yawn.
Even my keystrokes are loud.
*Sigh*
Nobody is awake but me.
© Ellie Maziekien
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