Saturday, July 6, 2024

The texting habit April 2012

 

 

She texts me as I hang up the phone,

after talking for an hour,

her words reaching me

 in the same way her voice does,

 stirring me up on the inside

 like renewed coals,

She saying how much she

Enjoyed talking to me

I tell her the same

fumbling over

 the small keyboard

of my cell phone the way

 I sometimes stutter when

I'm embarrassed to speak,

each letter, word or more,

a painful exercise I need to complete

before I stumble off to sleep,

my response eliciting her to respond

my head already aching

 for the soft embrace of my pillow

while I ponder if she is as soft to touch,

my fingers throbbing as I text,

yet not from the effort of this conversation

, tingling in anticipation of what might be, could be,

 and what she likely feels like

 if I do,

aching all the way down.

 


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