A Mug's Game

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Most if not all of us fall out with someone at some time or another and regret it, but wait for the other person to make the first move.

It can be a long wait…

A MUG'S GAME

We split and I missed you,
wanted to tell you so, but pride
got in the way

I missed our teasing banter,
the cosy intimacy and sensuality
of a couple in love

I sought sanctuary (in vain)
among friends, burning candles
at both ends

Love, though, refusing to stay
in some dark corner of my heart,
sought the light of day

Time and again, I willed myself
to pick up my phone and call you,
but pride got in the way

All attempts to turn a deaf ear
to body, mind, and spirit, failing
oh, so miserably

Before and after sleep caved in
to need, I’d reassure a wet pillow
I would call tomorrow

Day after day, I gave you a hug
and kissed you at favourite haunts
on Memory Lane

Yet, nothing could ease my pain
or begin to fill the black hole in me
but being with you again

Fearfully, I picked up my phone
and called you, and within minutes
you were on your way


Copyright R. N. Taber 2015