Tuesday, June 24, 2025

I am waiting May 23, 2025

 

I keep waiting for it, that text in the middle of the night I got way back when, not always provocative, sometimes just a “hello”, as if I mattered, when later, I did not.

 I keep waiting for it, even now, even this late in the day, when I know it will never come, not merely because I’ve changed my number so many times, but because I burnt that bridge long ago.

I keep waiting for, the one word that says she still thinks of me, even when I suspect, she won’t, too much time passing, too many bad feelings unresolved, and yet, I wait, like a dog waits at the front door for its master to return, for that pat on the head, for the simple meaningful smile I still miss, a picture of an expression of affection

I still wait.


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