A short poem tonight.

All You who Sleep Tonight

 All you who sleep tonight

 Far from the ones you love,

 No hand to left or right

 And emptiness above -

 Know that you aren't alone

 The whole world shares your tears,

 Some for two nights or one,

 And some for all their years.

-- Vikram Seth

There are not a lot of poems that I will go out of my way to memorize.  And while a short poem like this is perhaps easy to remember, it is not without effort.  I cann't say why it captures me the way it does.  What is more is I have a few Vikram Seth poems laying about in my collection of collected poems.  I never noticed it until now.  I will probably post a few more.