Silent Night Poem by B U Afnan

A brief ping
in a silent night

something seen when everything
was out of sight

this fear that makes me cower
under this blanket white

shall again make me peep over
it so that i don't sleep tonight


a recurring yet isolated ping,
silent fluttering of some birds wing

now this ill omened bark that i hear

seems to haunt the very air

oh wish i could sleep

but these sounds won't let me

if i were a child i would weep

and sleep hugging my mother deep


but my childhood was something i couldn't keep