Page
Torn
Name fades
I pause here
Promise me you will call
Underlined in blue ink, fading along the crease
A jagged script trembling at the edge of memory, before anything was lost
A Polaroid slips from pages, a cat by the phone in sunlight, dust swirling, shadow and silence agreeing quietly to linger
Whose plea is this, lost but pulsing, aching in the hush between rings
Did someone wait for you, sunlight across floorboards
My fingers press the page
I'll wait too
Breathe in
Stay
Still