By Deli, bond_girl007@hotmail.com
Date: 2 February 1998

After the Phone Call

It's been a while 
since I've heard your voice.
I almost forgot how good it sounded.

It seems that time 
hasn't changed you much;
You sound the way you did
when we last spoke.
Has it really been
that long?
Days, weeks, months, years...
the clocks have seemed 
to stop turning since then.

But you sound content;
of that, I am sure.
I guess she does make you happy,
happier than I ever did.

Still, I wonder:
Does she make you smile,
the way I used to?
Do her eyes sparkle like starlight,
brighter than mine ever did?
Is her voice so like the sound of church choirs,
that mine pales in comparison?
Do you hold your pillow close at night,
wishing it was her
instead of me?

It's been a while 
since I've heard your voice.
But I never forgot how good it sounded.