phone call today
asking to speak with
you
I’m not
even sure why
I answered
my heart
pinged at your name
spoken
I replied
there’s no one by that name
here
I toyed
with saying more
but decided against
after hanging up
all sorts of things ran through
my head and heart
all the things
I could have said
I should have said
the loudest
coulda-shoulda was
I wish you could
one week
from today
one year gone
I miss you
every single
solitary day
if only
I could have handed
the phone to you
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has 11 books of poetry.
