WELL DONE! In the Silence of the Nighttime by Mike Turner

In the Silence of the Nighttime by Mike Turner

I close my eyes

In the silence of the nighttime

Hearing only my heart

Beating against the inevitability

Of the dawn

Haltingly, reminiscences begin to whisper

Warm summer days

Green eyes and raven hair

The soft rain’s gentle kiss

Against our entwined fingers

Then autumn’s crisp zephyrs

Leaves of bronze and gold

Framing our final embrace

Before our paths diverge

You going on ahead

Now the cold clouds of winter

Pewter skies and bare limbs

Huddling alone before a waning fire

In darkened solitude

Until at last the memories run out

And I am left with only “now”

Tears of the past spent

With no longing for tomorrow

And should the dawn not come

Knowing all that has gone before

Turns to dust in the corners of my soul

In the silence of the nighttime

Mike Turner retired to the Alabama Gulf Coast after more than twenty-five years as a Federal law enforcement executive. An adult ed ukulele class opened the world of music and songwriting to Mike; with more than 200 original songs to his credit, he was named Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year (2017) by the North America Country Music Associations International. Mike’s original songs have received radio and Internet/streaming play in the US, UK, Europe, Australia and The Philippines. He has had more than 250 poems published in more than 30 literary journals and anthologies; his poetry book, Visions and Memories, is available on Amazon. When not writing and recording, Mike explores the backwaters of the Northern Gulf with his wife, Pamela, on their recreational trawler.