3 O’Clock Room
Friday, June 29th, 2007Three o’clock at night, the black is shining bright.
My midnight lamp is faded after twelve.
The scissors on the floor I’ve had since childhood;
Strands of beaded bracelets lie among the dusty books.
This is my three o’clock room:
All is still
Like a lonely photograph of the past.
I can’t help thinking that
If I reach out
I’ll touch nostalgic nothingness;
Lonely reticence.
My three o’clock room, comfortable in gloom -
But nothing in this world makes attempts at conversation.
The crickets chat at night, best friends ’til the end.
I want to be a best friend too; my regards to you I send.
This is my three o’clock room:
All is still
Like a lonely photograph of the past.
I can’t help thinking that
If I reach out
I’ll touch nostalgic nothingness;
Lonely reticence.
Tentative but sure, the night rises and passes.
Take off your looking glasses,
And wait blindly, having faith always.
Feel for the heat of the sun;
You’ll know when it comes.
Black is the night without a pen and paper
For company as I’m waiting here.
Black is the night.
This is my three o’clock room:
All is still
Like a lonely photograph of the past.
I can’t help thinking that
If I reach out
I’ll touch nostalgic nothingness;
Lonely reticence.
My three o’clock room in the gloom.