Pretend

If you look away, pretend I'm gone, would you miss my face someday?

When I shine the light the other way, can you say you even remember what I look like?

Broken lies and unkempt promises float through the air.

Don't shoot your rubber bullets this way, they may not bounce off.

Emotionally drained, laying on the living room floor, vividly remembering your feet walking out that door.

Pretending you were just heading out for ice cream.

Here I lie, await.

Days come, days go. Good and bad. You still have yet to return. 

At least you pretend well enough, to make me believe. 

I'll be ok, on hold.