Missed Signals

(Ring.)

"Hello?"
"Can you hear me?"
…

"Hey there."
"How have you been?"
…
"I know, I know,
It's been a minute, hasn't it?"
…
"Yeah, I can't lie,
I don't know why.
After all this time,
I should stop with the tries."
…

"But I gotta ask you,
Do you care?"
…

"I really miss you."
…
"I miss the crappy jokes too.
I… uhm, really need you.
No, not like that.
Just... It's nothing, you know?
Just let it go."

"Okay,
I've been feeling grey.
It hues out my day.
I find it so hard to ignore.
My mates just think it's a bore,
Hearing me go on and on and on
About the same damn song
About 'he's so sad cause-
-he's got issues with his dad.'"
…
"Sorry, I got sidetracked,
I'll run it back.
I then found you."
…
"I know you're not perfect,
But I'd rather be direct
And say you saved me.
I'm not coming off too strong right?
I hope I'm not, please say I'm not,
Please don't go, don't go…"
…
"No.
Don't go, don't go.
Just...forget it.
So, I just… can't."
…
"Every single memory lasts a lifetime,
For those few hours, you were mine."
…

"Yes...yes.
You said it,
We should just forget it.
But… I can't!"
…

"Why won't you let me explain?!
All I want is to be seen, no blame.
I know, I know,
I should just let go.
But maybe you're right,
The love ain't worth the fights."

"It was a sign,
That we should have said bye.
But I wanted you by my side.
Even now, your voice reminds
Me how you pant in my ears.
It's crazy how seven minutes can
Feel like an entire year."

"Just, can you please hear me out,
And please, I hate it when you shout."

"Even if
Nothing means anything,
Just an empty fling
For a second
It was a thing."
…

"Just, please.
Listen to me.
Please, listen to me.
Do you care?"

"I hate what I became once you left,
An empty-shallow-husk bereft
Finding joy in the chests of
Strangers with a disinterest

In who I am."
…

“It’s just not the same.
 It’s not just a game to me.
For the first time I… I swear,
You made me care.”

"The agony of knowing,
That I'll never be going
To your favourite restaurant.
The look in your eyes screams ‘Indifferent’,
Every time I see you there."
…

"That's why I want to know.
Do you care?"

…

"I'm right here.
Can't you hear?
I just can't bear,
that you don't care."
…

“I care.”
…

“I always have.”
(Buzz.)

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