just like old times

by turtledove

every time i hear your voice over the phone line
i remember being scared

the panic that would hit me like a
steel rod to the temple
when i'd hear your footsteps coming
up the stairs late at night

how i would become tense when the car pulled up

i remember all the times that i would
wander away from the house

wishing someone would kidnap me already

i don't know where we would've gone.

your voice on the phone brings me back
and makes my pulse pound

you are only in my ear.
you are only on the phone.
i can press end
i'll be alright