After the Whole World Has Quieted

Is it the crickets' chirp
after the whole world has quieted
That fills my heart with emptiness?
Or is it the nights spent alone
Under these cold covers?
Perhaps its the memories of once
Belonging
Or the feeling of once having been
Held.

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