Phone Call

By Carly Floyd

12/27/09

They say holidays are a time of reflection

Laughing with family,

I am interrupted in my joy and warmth

by a phone call

made, steeped in loneliness

Guilt

I am forced, through my own morals

to bear their pain

I am pain

And nothing but the collective burdens of

My loved ones.

I only wish someone would notice.