I Want You Back

by TillyRose

Not very angsty and not very poetic, so please for the sake of your sanity, avoid at all costs!

The car grumbles

disagreeing with the stiff night air.

I pause at the intersection

as amber reflects off the dusty black bonnet.

The cold, desolate houses that border my route

are the mirror images of myself.

The radio emits lifeless noise,

two personalities arguing over nothing.

I wish it was that simple.

Stomach churning, eyes watering.

Hands sweating despite the cold.

I remember your face

I remember your form

I want you back

Thinking of that final fateful meeting

the yelling and the cursing

the screaming and the blaming.

My red face and your wet cheeks

I want you back

Did your heart break as mine did?

Struggling to pull back together again.

Empty phone messages and voices in my head.

Wondering what you're thinking,

I want you back.

The traffic lights flash from green to red and back again,

malfunctioning malevolently.

From angry to calm and back again

always how it goes.

Revelling in my heartache, I want you back.

But, do you want me?