signals

Signals

You said call me
a door left ajar,
a hand extended into the silence,
trusting the echo to return.

I said I’ll call you
a promise folded in my pocket,
a coin that may never be spent,
control disguised as care.

Between us hangs the dial tone,
a wire strung tight with longing,
where one waits in quiet hope,
and the other drifts in delay.

And yet —
in the pause between words,
in the static between breaths,
we both know the truth:
connection is a fragile thing,
and sometimes love is only
a number never dialled.








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Written on 2025-11-13 at 22:48

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
What a fine poem, anonface. Thanks for sharing this clever interpretation of a promise made that perhaps was just a gesture... or not... ;o) Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Allen
2025-11-14