YOU’RE STILL TYPING

typing… (shhh) typing…

(ahhh) gone

Blue light on my face

Half past three

Your name at the top Looking back at me Three little dots

Then nothing again

I put the phone down

Pick it up again

You’re still typing I’m still awake

Something is coming Something gets erased

You’re still typing Then you disappear

Almost a sentence Almost here

The screen goes dark

I see my reflection Light it again

Still no message Maybe you wrote

Everything I wanted Maybe you wrote

“Don’t wait for me”

You’re still typing I’m still awake Three little dots Then they fade

away

You’re still typing I’m still here Almost a sentence Almost clear

typing… typing… typing…

say it

don’t say

it don’t

I saw— I thought— I—

The dots came back

for half a second.

You’re still typing

Or maybe you’re

not

Maybe I’m watching

An empty little box

You’re still typing

Somewhere in my head All of the things you never said

typing… (shhh) offline