CALLBACK

I should call you back
I know.
I realize that
it takes two to tango
– three, if you count the DJ –
and you’ve been dancing by yourself
for some time.
I owe you a call.

I worry we’d have little to talk about
if we get on the line
– it’s been so long –
and maybe I’ve lost the right to chat
after this much time.
I don’t even know what your schedule is
anymore.

I owe you a response,
I understand that.
You don’t deserve the sticky silence
I’ve provided.
You deserve an answer.
You deserve my picking up the phone for you
unmired by the day to day responsibility and laziness
that keeps us apart.

You have certainly earned the chance
to hear from me directly
so why can’t I pick up the phone?
Stop by?
Use my words?

I don’t know.
I have no answer.