Balachandran V's "Night" is a quiet, tender poem addressed to someone the speaker loves and cannot be with. He imagines her sitting awake and alone, gazing at the ceiling, with soft music playing and moonlight drifting into the room. The question that frames the poem, "Did you fall asleep / Thinking of me?", comes back at the end, almost like a whispered refrain.
The speaker's feelings are a mix of hope, affection and shy yearning. He pictures himself standing outside her window, watching her dress flutter in the breeze and her curls falling playfully across her face. He even says the curls love to tease him, which gives the scene a light, affectionate humor. The ending is more hesitant. He apologizes for his "fantasies" and then adds "I know," as if admitting that he may be imagining more than is real. The mood is dreamy, gentle and a little wistful, the feeling of lying awake at night and wondering whether someone else is awake too.