Thursday, February 27, 2025

She Calls in the Morning














She Calls in the Morning

In the end, it ended,
like all bad relationships;
she was a puddle on the floor,
as I stumbled out the door.

She used to call in the morning
seeking her daily diversion and I,
lonely and filled with doubt, answered,
beginning my daily digression.

“Let’s meet for breakfast” was met
with “I can’t, I have to work today”.
She had a way of removing my resolve,
with a seductive longing in her voice.

I may never understand her true motive,
but she knew my true weakness.
I wanted to taste her on my lips
and feel her warmth deep inside.
Logic and will were always inadequate
against the sway she held over me.

In time, like all bad relationships, my drunk dials
started going to voicemail as she became aloof.
Increasingly less willing to satiate my need, she
left me one night, a broken shell, in a pool of tears…

…but she called in the morning.

SMG

4 comments:

JadeLi said...

Oh can I relate to this situation. Remember that old Police song, "Wrapped around my finger"? The power interplay is the gravy on the mashed potato of lust.

Mish said...

Love and lust....so different.
Nicely done....circling back to that morning call.

brudberg said...

Some relationships never really takes off I fear.

Ain - Ужгород said...

Life, love, in a verse, really liked the atmosphere in this poetry, the tumbling, stumbling narrative, the tension between the two of you, highly original, lovely twist at the end, very engaging...