I used to depend on three words
as if translated into audible sound
would mean something more.
I then replaced them with “how are you”
because I justified not hearing “I love you”.
Because sometimes people say it
differently,
you just have to listen for it..
(Right?).
But somewhere along the way,
you stopped asking me
and the little girl in me stopped waiting
for …
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