Ring Ring

Whispered conversations
in the dark
endless silences
saying everything that needs to be said
yet nothing.
Words I want to say
that neither you nor I
are ready for,
but I want
I want
I want
A heartbeat
pounding in my mind.
A sham,
a flimflam.

I want

to hope.

Words,
waiting to be launched,
to set sail
for the promised land
on a puff of exhaled breath;
on a wire.