a call

sometimes the call
is a whisper
and sometimes it is a scream
a blood curdling, in your face 
wakeup call

and sometimes, it's a night
when I just can't sleep
or a feeling I've had for months

it comes and comes again
until there's no more denial
​in my bones

I listen.
Then I forget.

And then the call is right there.
I listen.

I listen.
I listen.
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