To an Absent Love

The darkness of an empty room,
the silence of a friend,
the loneliness that lingers in
a night that will not end...
I long to hear the whisper of
your laugh upon the wind.

The ever dark'ning evergreens,
the blue sky, bruised with pain,
the inlet dimmed, in grim relief,
against the winter rain...
I long to hear the whisper of
your dreams in mine again.

The silence stretches ever on
and yet, I know you're near
for everytime I call to you
I see your face, so dear,
peering back through each raindrop.
I miss your light, your cheer.