Time zones twist your voice tonight
You sound like stars behind the light
I say “I’m fine,” you pause too long
Like you heard something was wrong
The static knows what I conceal
Better than I ever will
There’s an ocean between calls
A tide between what falls
We speak like waves that crash and run
Gone before the thought is done
I try to bridge the space
With silence I can’t trace
But still your echo gently sprawls
Across this ocean between calls
You laugh and mention morning rain
I fake a smile to mask the strain
There’s too much calm, too much delay
Like heartbeats skipping half the day
No goodbyes, no strong intent
Just something lost in where we went
There’s an ocean between calls
Like distance builds new walls
We speak in lowercase and sighs
Avoid the truths behind our eyes
I float inside the sound
Of words that never quite touch down
And drown a little in the lulls
Of this ocean between calls
Maybe love can’t cross each wave
Or maybe we forgot to brave
There’s an ocean between calls
But sometimes you still fall
Into my breath, into my thought
Like something I had never caught
I don’t know where we stand
But when I hear your voice again
It pulls, it fades, it softly stalls
This ocean
Between calls