Luca Flauto's "Harbour at night" is a quiet scene of two people close to separation. The speaker stands in a dim harbour, with only a few lampposts lit, and chimney smoke thickens into fog that seems to hold the other person at a distance. Even the bridge and the train feel remote, the train almost floating in the dark.
The feelings are mixed. The speaker senses loss and fear of leaving, and asks to be held tightly, as if wanting one last moment of comfort. Their breath is meant to "whisper away," which suggests a soft, gentle goodbye rather than a loud one.
In the final stanza the mood lifts. The harbour becomes a place where souls see the moon reflected in the water and hold hands. The nightmare of parting gives way to a dream of the Milky Way. The poem moves from cold, foggy isolation to a hopeful, peaceful calm.