radio silence

Relentlessly I am searching-

I must have missed the exit sign,

the last call.

Where were you?

I tried to yell, but-

They made us stand in lines.

And somehow,

I still gravitate toward you

You towards me- it’s not hard

We have existed in a rotation for too long

This curved path projected and doomed us-

elliptical

You are my peripheral, darling

In a force called gravity.

The only sight I have known.

Our trajectory named “allies”

You can turn around,

but you

Will move with me- still.

or maybe it’s against me.

Maybe it was always against me.

Either way

(And, neither way)

You’re lost

And you won’t pick up

I change the dial,

Kill the static.

Tune in and out and in,

Filtering out the sentiment and hindsight,

I am trying to find you,

and trying to let you find me.

But I cannot stay on this line

demanding a deafening reticence

Where the only muttering of you

is a broken promise

you call

radio silence