When He's Not Here

Darkness is falling rapidly, The silent hours draw near, The hours when tears flow easily.... And still my love does not appear Quietly comes the loneliness..... Loneliness makes no sound, It makes its presence known by tears Of those who by love's chains are bound I curse the silent lonely hours That take my love from me, While my heart rests, my spirit roams, Searching for him relentlessly Who gave loneliness such power? It shouts in exultation, May it perish in gales of hope! This vile bane of man's creation God bless the heart that will not rest When night's long hours are bleak, The hues of loneliness grow pale With the fortitude of the weak And loneliness will taste defeat When morning's rays appear, The dreadful nights.... just memories, When at last, my darling is here!