Empty

Each day

That goes by

Without

Hearing from you

Again,

Brings me

Closer

To accepting that

I won’t.

 

Empty

Inbox,

No

New texts,

No

Missed calls-

You didn’t

Say hello

Today

And Won’t

Tomorrow.

 

It really is

Over,

And that’s the truth

That I choke on

While trying to

Swallow it.

Obsessed

With the emptiness

That consumes me,

And the memories

I’m not allowed

To have.

 

I’ve never liked

Goodbyes

Either,

And even less

Now.

 

Timothy Vance Jackson

February 19, 2013