Doubt of Silence

[Philatone]

V. 2 edited out the "that"s

Doubt of Silence

It is late to send a call
miles down a serrated coast
to reach your dial tone.

But, like the time between
an arrival and an embrace,

the waiting for your voice
to click into focus
lifts the receiver,

the longing for an answer
decrypts ten digits

while the doubt of silence
gives enough patience
to follow the lecture of every ring

with enough impatience
to call again.



original

Doubt of Silence

It is late to send a call
miles down a serrated coast
to reach your dial tone.

But, like the time between
an arrival and an embrace

it is the waiting for your voice
to click into focus
that lifts the receiver,

the longing for an answer
that decrypts ten digits,

the doubt of silence
that gives enough patience
to follow the lecture of every ring

with enough impatience
to call again.