Omission

It kept me up last night

Though I didn't tell you

I let you sleep

You softly snored

As I absorbed the darkness of the room

And allowed my mood to mirror it

For it is only in the silence of the night

That I let myself acknowledge it

Or the lack of it

I do not want to admit

That I feel nothing

That I dream of nothing

That I continue to progress

To place one foot in front of the other

Only because I do not know the alternative

Only because the alternative

Is also nothing