After Long Days of Travel

jp melville, elora, ontario, travel, canada


























After Long Days of Travel
5 June 2020
jp


After long days of travel
A night passes
And I open my eyes in this strange abode

Rain…
Distant thunder…
Dog sighs…
Drops pattering on roof…
Glass distorted wetness…
Wind rustles leaves…

Contented aloneness
In my mind’s emptiness
Awaking with dawn
From sleeping on the floor
Of a wooden shed

Dog sighs again
Rain patters some more…

My skin cool with solitude
Caressing my weariness away.

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