You, On the Phone

On the phone, yesterday, I called you; you didn’t know it was me. "Hello”… you sounded happy…as if this might be someone you wanted to talk to, perhaps family or friend. But it was just me… I listened to your sultry voice then hung up. Saddened that you could be happy without me, I swallowed. There it was…better this way than the alternative. Now, your last word to me is hello instead of its opposite… leaves the possibility to start again.