“The Silence That Answered Me”

I was half expecting to see him tonight, but he never showed.

He told me he worked today. I told him I worked too.

But there was no sight of him. Not even a text.

I know it’s a little soon to be checking my phone, waiting, hoping.

He doesn’t owe me anything—

Still, I kept watching the door like he might walk through it.

Waiting for a message saying he was coming to see me.

It never came.

I glanced toward the corner every few minutes,

Almost broke my neck trying to see if it was him outside the door.

But he never came.

Maybe he meant it when he said he couldn’t talk to me because of his friends.

Maybe he never liked me at all,

And I just made up stories in my head.

Maybe he called off.

Maybe he was with the girl he’s been talking to.

So many maybes.

Not a great beginning—

For something that never got the chance to start.