“Our New Norm”

My Phone.
On silent, shakes violently. 
Only one short hour after I drifted to sleep.
Kept in perpetual insomnia.
Slept nights rarely visit me these days.
Days for short hours of dreamland vacations.

Awoke.
Quite abruptly, its 4am.
I missed your call as my mind rested
Dreams of our prevailing love
Reality hits as I study the screen
We haven't spoken for a week
Mutual is a broken word

It seems.
You’re a planet away
As I reciprocate your call
Are you coming back to our world?
Home. Rooted and grounded.
As it was in our story's prologue.

I call.
No answer.
I hear my phone ring, its you.
I answer. Your voice tells me to fly to you…
I feel complete in that brief moment
Your cadence and tone
Leading me to the fate we found.
Your warmth finding me again
Your laugh taking my breath
Your absence being felt

My eyes
Open slowly as the alarm tells me to start the day

Our end. 
Is where I start every morning
Our utopia is now a nightmare,
Each night when I close my eyes

Bittersweet thoughts.
You’re here and gone as I sleep
Missing everywhere else.
The New Norm