Forlorn and bereft She sits waiting for the unknown
The cicadas call Crickets sing the lonesome song
The twilight sun sets beckoning The end of yet another Life of waiting
For fairy lights to appear In the mists surrounding The hills lonely
A solitude proud Unwanted too
The music of the evening Comforting Inviting sleep
Yet her eyes dream without closing And the night remains mysterious, long
Leena Doley is a police officer and a mother of two. She is also a voracious reader, movie buff, feminist, dabbler in new experiences and a dreamer imagining a world which is equal and humane.