Girls Like You

I call you as I'm walking the dog

It's 11:30 at night your time

But you always answer.

You mostly let me talk

About my latest online shopping,

The book I'm still hung up on, 

What I think of the new place.

Then you tell me about your work

Your friends playing video games earlier -

Everything and nothing at once,

But it's enough just hearing your voice

How you make me laugh and smile

The way you can make anything I say

Inappropriate,

Which just makes me laugh harder

As I tell you to behave yourself.

Then I get back home

Needing to get dinner ready

So I say I'll text you later

And you tell me 

You'd better hear from me before 3am 

Or I'm in trouble -

You calling me

Waking me up, 

Like I kept you up last night

When I forgot to text.

You tell me you had the volume up

Waking up at the slightest noise

Waiting for it to be me.

I smile

Promising to go to bed extra early,

Loving you more than I ever thought possible

Because I know you do wait,

Waiting for 10 o'clock my time

For me to crawl into bed

My phone out to text you

As I start my nightly routine.

This,

Our new routine,

It's a watered down version of us

But until we can get back in the same state

It's better than nothing.

You still manage to drive me crazy,

Wanting you

Needing you

Like the air I breathe,

As I count down to when you'll be back.

I've fallen asleep to the memory of your arms 

Wrapped tight around me

Your sweater in my arms

So I can still smell you,

And woken up

Turning to face your empty pillow

More times than I can count.

Soon

You'll be back soon

And then we can reforge us

As we build our life

Together 

Here.