Abandonment

When she left it was like evening

Like the sun in the west reddening

Creating shadows upon the land

Getting ready for the long night’s sleep

And birds in symphony singing

The diurnal land was like a bed

His body stood idle, stood dead

Eventually stars crawled through the sky

With the gentle music of crickets

The silence of nightfall was his cry

The moon like a snail crept soundlessly

Painted silver colours in the sea

Under the immense unmeasured sky

Her departure seemed like forever

He closed his eyes as tears went free