stasis
i don't miss the messages.
i miss the waiting.
not home? try again later.
it's not there anymore.
expectations are too high.
"are you ignoring me?".
no. i'm just tired of being plugged in.
once, you had to wait.
letters took days.
there was time for the air to cool between thoughts.
time to decide if what you wanted to say was worth it.
but sometimes, when the signal drops,
i remember what it was like to be unreachable.