Late at night
a candle's burning
my child's asleep

I am yearning
How come you
can't be here right now


untangling my thoughts
wondering why

I still have to wait
all that time
why can't you be here

with me tonight?

I know it doesn't help much

to tell you how I miss you
it doesn't even help much to start crying
it doesn't help much to act as if this ain't true

because I'm no good at hiding

how I wish

I could kiss him
how I wish
I could breathe his skin

could just melt away in his arms tonight.