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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
today he called me and I did not answer, he was my best friend but I wanted more. Here is a tribute to my dreams that were washed away when I hung up the phone.
Nqobile Victoria Jan 2018
True feelings hidden
Artificial confidence
nobody sees it.
Nqobile Victoria Dec 2017
I've fallen of the band wagon.
It's time to face reality
I've gotta find vitality
How can I not succumb,
When this battle has left me numb?
Nqobile Victoria Dec 2017
Looking at you from a distance
I admire the beauty that you are
I stare at this amazing human being
It is from a distance,  
I gaze and wish
If only this human being and I were even merely acquainted.
But sadly from a distance is as close as I'll get to being acquainted.
You'll meet again
And he'll keep you at arms length
Making sure you're not too close to his heart
But not too far from his touch
Tell you words you've melted for before
But words that, for you, he'd never felt at all

— The End —