When you called me
I waited a second to answer
Anxiety shook my body to its core
In that second time shifted
That second turned into 5 seconds
Then into 30 seconds
By then the phone stopped ringing
I never knew what heartbreak was
I was naive when it came to love
But somehow my perspective shifted
I felt my heartbreak in those 30 seconds
The phone rang again
And I watched it’s blinking red lights-
Mock the tears streaming down my face
I backed away
The phone screamed with desperation
Its screams ridiculing my heart
Laughing at the cracks forming
Missed calls
Most people don’t know the true meaning behind the name
I do
They call them that because they are missed conversations
Missed hopes, missed second chances
They are able to make someone miss you
I do not answer his calls anymore
It hurts too much to give myself false hope
When he just wants friendship
Jan 2, 2018
Jan 2, 2018 at 1:43 AM UTC
When you called me
I waited a second to answer
Anxiety shook my body to its core
In that second time shifted
That second turned into 5 seconds
Then into 30 seconds
By then the phone stopped ringing
I never knew what heartbreak was
I was naive when it came to love
But somehow my perspective shifted
I felt my heartbreak in those 30 seconds
The phone rang again
And I watched it’s blinking red lights-
Mock the tears streaming down my face
I backed away
The phone screamed with desperation
Its screams ridiculing my heart
Laughing at the cracks forming
Missed calls
Most people don’t know the true meaning behind the name
I do
They call them that because they are missed conversations
Missed hopes, missed second chances
They are able to make someone miss you
I do not answer his calls anymore
It hurts too much to give myself false hope
When he just wants friendship
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