Sometimes on rainy nights
after the lights go out,
I think I hear faraway voices.
Maybe the storm carries stories
from all over the world
to fill the sky and read me to sleep.
The poem is broken into two
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stanzas, each containing three lines. The first stanza sets the scene and introduces the idea of distant voices being heard on a rainy night. The second stanza suggests that these voices may be the stories and experiences of people from all over the world, being carried by the storm and lulling the speaker to sleep. The poem has a contemplative mood and a sense of wonder and mystery, as the speaker imagines the many lives and stories that may be contained within the sound of the rain.