To You in the Night

By Carton

Consider a love letter composed in verse for someone who is still unknown.

To You in the Night is a confession of love, written for someone who does not yet have a name or a face. It is a letter without a specific recipient or muse. Spanning many years and places, the poems within can be read alone or as pieces of the larger narrative. Many of the verses include lessons learned by the poet Carton from her own past relationships and truths gifted to her from passersby—each one interspersed throughout the book like pushpins on the road map of her life.

This collection of poetry offers a unique take on the subject of love and the idea that it can be felt for someone you haven’t even met yet.

I’m certain you’re out there
kissing someone,
hoping that they are me,
and when I find you,
I’ll show you all the
things you’ve missed.

I know in my bones,
you’ll show me too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Jul 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781480891548

Carton

Carton is an avid explorer of the world and its stories. Though she was born in the South and still misses it, she currently resides in the Midwest. She enjoys spicy food, writing, and planning her next big adventure.

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-9153-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-9152-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-9154-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020912161

Archway Publishing rev. date: 07/08/2020

To love or have loved, that is enough.

—Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

I was

standing

under a mulberry tree

down by the creek

when I first realized

that something was

missing.

The leaves were changing

and I’d just come back,

back from

a distant ocean,

from where mountains and high deserts

and all kinds of old treasures

remain.

But something was aching

within me,

festering,

like a splinter.

I’ve never felt this way before.

The tea is bitter;

the sky is gray—

what is happening?

I can’t even write

anymore.

My bed is warm,

the blankets soft;

a breeze in the window

and the cat on the dresser.

All is good and calm.

The sun plays at the

sill;

the birds at the feeder

come