Question

I'm having trouble trying to find the main message or theme of this poem. When I read it I'm just left confused as to what the poem was trying to convey. Any help would be appreciated.

The sounds

Of the Harlem night

Drop one by one into stillness.

The last player-piano is closed.

The last victrola ceases with the

" Jazz Boy Blues. "

The last crying baby sleeps

And the night becomes

Still as a whispering heartbeat.

I toss

Without rest in the darkness,

Weary as the tired night,

My soul

Empty as the silence,

Empty with a vague,

Aching emptiness,

Desiring,

Needing someone,

Something.

I toss without rest

In the darkness

Until the new dawn,

Wan and pale,

Descends like a white mist

Into the court-yard.

Answer 1

He's lonely and can't sleep in the silence.\