Sweet Nothings.

Sweet nothings
Of love and life
My phone rings
My heart skips
The caller ID displays your name
Then i hear your voice
You call me your baby
I start to feel dizzy


My palms get sweaty
My heart is merry
My lips curve into a smile
You call me “Chinazaekpele”
You call me “My muse”
Today am hiding in the closet
To continue our duet
It’s past bed time
But i still want to listen to your joke
We talk and talk and talk
You say you missed me the whole week
And was scared the weeks might turn to a month
I know i should hang up but i cant
I wanna hear you talk to me forever
I wanna hear you laugh with me forever
I have never said the words
But i know its true
I am actively
Dangerously
Hopelessly
Happily
I-wanna-be-with-you-forever
Drunk in love with you
But all these are now sweet nothings
Cos you were plucked in your prime
Death where art thy sting
Death now you’ve won
Its been a decade
But am yet to heal from this thing
This callous thing called death
It robbed me of you
And now all i have to hold on to
Are memories of the past
Memories of our sweet nothings
A sad tale of life and death
A tale of love and life……..