The Last Hour


With the sun goes down

The excuse for gazing at the window.

Let me take off my mask, and

Surrender to the surreptitious anxieties.

I know you wouldn’t show up.

But

I still wait


For the turning of the key at the front door,

For the mid evening check in call.

Okay, don’t frown,

I’ll still wait

For you to show up

In the last hour of my dreamless sleep!