Thunderous Silence Poem by Brian Hinckley

Again I sit,
alone in the dark.
The night chills my skin,
sending shivers through my body constantly.

The dark consumes
everything it touches tonight.
My thoughts remember different nights,
I held warmth in my arms.

She pushed away
the darkness that surrounded.
Her lips forming a smile,
her presence was all it took.

I left her,
promising I would return.
I promised her I would
return to her arms very soon.

I wait patiently,
as patient as possible.
I will return to her
and become lost in her warmth.

For right now,
I sit here alone.
Surrounded in thunderous silence again,
my mind and heart with her.