Doubt

I send a text

I wait, wait, and wait some more

Anxiously checking my phone,

I keep searching for a reply back

When that response doesn't come,

The doubt sets in, flooding my mind

Deep down, I know you probably just forgot

Like you tell me all the time

But there's a part of me,

A dark fragment buried underneath

That frets and worries,

Feeling hurt, thinking it's all just a ruse

That this friendship isn't real after all

The possibility terrifies me

I don't have many friends

You're one of the precious few I've managed to acquire

If you leave, who'll I have left?

As time goes on, I question more and more

Is it all an illusion?

Do you really care?

As I stare at the blank screen,

Waiting for a single reply to light it back up,

I wonder,

Am I even worth your time?