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Tonic Water
by Angela ThomasI told myself that you were not that important;
I really didn't care about you that much. I spent
all day trying to reassure my shakey hands and my uneasy
stomach. I called my girlfriends and went to the movies
with the biggest sweetest tub of ice cream I could find
to shove down my lactose-intollerant throat. Then, I watched
the movie and tried, tried so hard not to check my phone
every five minutes. I tried to quiet my fidgeting hands
that would not stop wiping small tears from my eyes.
I sighed and vowed and have kept it and will keep it
and I will not falter. I do not like myself when I've been drinking
so I'm not going to be that person anymore. And baby,
then you answered the phone and drove to my house
and hugged me like I was gone for a week and I layed
my head on your chest and I sighed, I was so afraid, I thought
I had lost you. You kissed my forehead, Never, Baby, Never. 06/26/2005 Posted on 06/27/2005
Copyright © 2024 Angela Thomas
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