ALL ALONE

The house is quiet ….
A Saturday night ….
Nobody’s home but me….
Surprise! It hits me that
this might be the first time
in a long time everybody’s out.
Wonderful ….
Yet at other times a moment
like this would trigger my emptiness –
my need for family …
for sound and shuffle,
another in another room.
But not now, not this night….
I’m just sitting here enjoying the all alone
the quiet – with the ALL ALONE.
Lord, have you been waiting for me
in a moment like this as well
or do you too just want to be ALL ALONE ?

© Andy Costello, Prayers, 2010