IF YOU ARE ALONE TONIGHT

A poem dedicated to Don Ellis

If You Are Alone Tonight

When at dusk you’re alone
And hear no distant dog bark
No birds chirp, no crickets sing
Hush…listen, just listen
Listen to shadows fall
Listen to breeze whisper
Listen to grass grow

If you are alone this night
And sleep does not come
When mist from sea draws near
Feel the perfume of night
Look up into your sky
And through tree branches
Watch stars leap across

If you’re lonely, broken-hearted
Missing me, thinking me far,
Slide aside the curtain
See our moon shift
Feel my nearness
Hear me whisper
I love you

Leela