typing...

Screen lit up I dropped everything I was doing

Three dots dancing at the bottom of the chat

My thumb hovering I cannot scroll away

Watching like it is the season finale of us

Ten seconds feel like ten hours in here

You are typing something I can taste the words

Then the dots vanish and my stomach sinks

Did you change your mind or just fix a typo

I hate that I am like this over someone I barely know

Refreshing like my sanity depends on your reply

Making up scenarios of what you are gonna say

While you are probably just ordering food

Those three dots got me holding my breath

Heartbeat racing faster than your typing speed

Are you gonna send it or leave me on read

This anticipation is killing me slow

You are just typing

Just typing

But I am already writing our whole future

In the space between your words

Dots appear then they are gone again

I put my phone down then picked it back up

Told myself to chill it is not that deep

But here I am refreshing like a fool

Last night we talked until the sun came up

You sent me memes I sent you voice notes back

Felt like we had something building in the silence

Now I am staring at a screen waiting for a sign

My coffee is getting cold I have not touched my work

Coworker asked if I am okay I just nodded

Inside I am calculating every meaning

Of why you started typing then stopped

Maybe you are busy maybe you are thinking

Maybe you wrote something real then deleted it

I am spiraling over three gray dots

While you are probably just living your life

Those three dots got me losing my mind

Every time they show I forget how to breathe

Are you gonna send it or let the moment die

This waiting game is the hardest part

You are just typing

Just typing

But I am already falling from the sound

Of a message that has not arrived