"She Calls"

"She Calls"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

My phone keeps vibrating on the table where I left it

And I knew who it would be

I dreaded it this whole time but it is catching up to me

This call that will determine me

The words in my heart disappear as I see your name

staring at me from the screen with that smile

Yet I know that that smile is no longer there

and the voice that greets me proves that it will always be so

Lets talk it over , lets set things straight

when I know that there is nothing more

The time for talking is over

and the twisted fate that we have keeps diverging

I hear the tears or imagine them as they fall

It could be just me thinking about them

because your voice seems devoid of all

So I promise to come to you

but tonight will not be that time

Nor will it be any other time.

You say  thank you

and I bite down all my pain

You make thank you the painful words I know.

I know you can't stay

and I know that I don't want you to

but you linger more than you should.

And when we put down the phone

And I know that I will never get another call

I wonder what it was all for.

UHG QC , March 3 2018 , 5:04am