Thoughts Of You Poem by Elmer Romulo Valdez

When the night finally falls,
Rising blackness comes around,
Birds return to their nests,
And thoughts of you haunt me.

Then your loveliness bestows
Hue to my fast-ascending life,
That I often discover myself
Softly whispering your name.

Your affection seems to possess
My soul, the whole of my being,
As I trace your innate beauty
On the shifting sand of memory.

And when I lay myself
Into a tranquil slumber,
My thoughts of you sink
Keener within my depths.

I try to trail your tracks,
As deep sleep swallows me,
In my dreams I see you,
Waving and smiling at me.

I am thinking of you so much,
To capture your elusive heart,
Am I having a clouded fantasy,
Without root and of brittle life?