Midnight Echo

The pattering sound 

of midnight rain

wakes me up

then lulls me back to sleep

In my dream,

I hear an echo rising

from the darkness,

distant and mysterious

A simple tune—

like a softly plucked guitar,

repeating the same few notes

that linger in the starless night

Who else would listen

to this melody of solitude?

tender as a mournful sigh

bearing the tears of forlornness,

it reverberates through the night

only fading before daybreak

By Shih-Fang Wang

From: United States