Down the road a sign is flashing
its neon glow the single spot of illumination
in this darkness. Flashing intermittently, unintelligibly
illegible to me from this distance. My eyes so weak
the night so powerful the sign so far away, so meek,
alone. Is it as lonely as I am?

But then it stops. Not slowly
all at once. One moment On, Off, On, Off,
Off, Off, Off... I wait.

My friend come back, come back
tell me why have you stopped flashing?
I was never able to get close to you
not even close enough to read the message
you sent into the night for me.

Did your owners turn you off?
are you asleep? are you hiding?
why? For what reason did you leave me
alone standing in the dark
no single spot of illumination without you
here, were you afraid of what was in my heart?