Darkness

Photo courtesy of faridfoto

Close all the windows
shut the doors
switch off all the lights
and lay still

I won't let the neighbours hear my breathing.
I won't let the dog pick up my scent.
I won't pick up the mail
nor the telephone when it rings.

Don't ask, don't wonder
and don't bother.
Don't say hi
when you've bade your bye.

In the dark I will stay
since you've left and gone away....