Half-awake,

deep under a
layer of blankets,

I hear him
cry out

in his dark,
cold room

at the end
of the hall. 

“Ya-Yuh?  Ya-yuh!” he calls,

pausing to
wait for his brother’s reply. 

Answering silence
is followed by thump, patter,

then the
squeak of his door. 

Half-way
down the hall

the word,
“Mommy” slips from his lips. 

“What?” I
call, still snuggled, waiting to hear

what will be
required of me. 

A drink of
water? 

A blanket
straightened and tucked? 

A song or a hand
held in the dark?

“I love
you,” he calls, then turns,

hurrying back
to his warm bed.

Now I am
awake and thinking

of his voice splitting the night

like an
angel choir, the words,

“I love you”
falling like snow 

across an
otherwise silent night. 

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