Sounds

I lie awake and listen to the sounds.
Somewhere, far away, a dog is barking.
A horn honks down the street
as someone's boyfriend leaves for home.
My father snores from the next room,
and the party next door is dying down.
I hear an occasional truck horn or police siren
from the highway near my house.
A sprinkler dampens someone's lawn
as the birds return to their nests.
These are all the sounds I hear
before I go to sleep each night.

undated