Jellie N.Wyckelsma

 

Jellie N.Wyckelsma

 

Midnight Moments

 

1

 

In the still of the night

Leaves stop whispering

No sound, no peep

Not even a sigh can be heard

Trees pretend to sleep

Birds in their nest

Fold their wings for a rest

 

Silence speaks

 

 

2

 

Wide awake 

Awaiting the nightmare to disappear

Sweat on the crumbled bed-sheets smells

One moonbeam fall through the open window

Midnight is here

The bedroom curtains sigh

Morning is far from nigh

 

Silence listens

 

 

3

 

Waking up in a lover’s arms

His nearness, his warm breath

Knowing it’s close to midnight

Wishing the night never to end

Closing the eyes

Back into his safe arms to creep

Returning to deep sleep

 

Even Silence sleeps

©Jellie N.Wyckelsma Inverloch, Victoria. Australia 21/01/2021

 

JELLIE N. WYCKELSMA

 

JELLIE N. WYCKELSMA, a retired teacher librarian, was born in the Netherlands in 1935 and came to Australia in 1958.  She spent her professional life in Public, Commercial/Special, and School Libraries until her retirement in 1996. Her works, poems and short stories, have been published in various periodicals and anthologies in Australia, India and in The Netherlands.