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Sundae On Sunday
<p>It's another week again, </p><p>Passing by</p><p>I feel the wind again, </p><p>The cold evening breeze</p><p>Passing by </p><p><br/></p><p>But I feel the knots in my tummy again. </p><p><br/></p><p>This time it's different. </p><p>I have those thoughts lingering again. </p><p><br/></p><p>And it all comes back to you. </p><p><br/></p><p>Why? </p><p><br/></p><p>Is it the after effect of a break up? </p><p><br/></p><p>Or </p><p><br/></p><p>Is it my heart refusing to let go? </p><p><br/></p><p>Hmm...!</p><p><br/></p><p>I wonder. </p><p><br/></p><p>You say you have trust issues. </p><p><br/></p><p>Trust me when I say this </p><p><br/></p><p>I can't fight that, </p><p>I can't convince you enough, </p><p><br/></p><p>Infact, </p><p><br/></p><p>I don't know how to explain this feeling I'm having.</p><p><br/></p><p>But let me try. </p><p><br/></p><p>I feel happy that you were vulnerable in public </p><p><br/></p><p>But with that vulnerability, </p><p>I'm scared. </p><p>I'm scared of people.</p><p><br/></p><p>Yes, they'd call me a witch</p><p>A wicked girl for saying this, </p><p><br/></p><p>Curious why I say so. </p><p><br/></p><p>Just let me finish. </p><p><br/></p><p>I feel like it takes a lot for a man to come out in public to address a matter in public. </p><p><br/></p><p>I took this out and it has exploded. </p><p><br/></p><p>We don't talk anymore. </p><p>You call me I don't pick </p><p>I call you and you text back and reschedule your activity for us to have a call. </p><p><br/></p><p>And I felt lonely, </p><p><br/></p><p>With someone that still makes time for me after we've broken up. </p><p><br/></p><p>Babe</p><p>Am I still allowed to call you that ?</p><p><br/></p><p>Let's leave that aside. </p><p>I feel like </p><p>I was not speaking to you about how I was feeling. </p><p><br/></p><p>I always knew you cared,,</p><p>I felt lonely, </p><p>I didn't want to be disloyal and lose a wonderful soul like you. </p><p><br/></p><p>So I kept my distance too. </p><p>I started hanging around with my thoughts while I was with you. </p><p>Trust me it was a lonely place to be. </p><p><br/></p><p>I miss your presence, </p><p>I miss us. </p><p><br/></p><p>When we're not writing on TwoCents about this beef that doesn't want to end. </p><p><br/></p><p>Trust me when I say this, </p><p>We can put out a whole episode on</p><p>Emmanuel and Trust reply to each other on TwoCents but it won't be the same. </p><p><br/></p><p>It won't be the same when no one is watching,</p><p><br/></p><p>It won't be the same because we continue to pretend we don't want to be with each other.</p><p><br/></p><p>Your brain can stand at the door asking me for an ID but it would always come back to me.</p><p><br/></p><p>Na me talk am ( Quote me anywhere).</p><p><br/></p><p>Now,</p><p> </p><p>Look at it</p><p><br/></p><p>You wake up in the morning by 5am and you think about me.</p><p><br/></p><p>By 10 am when you are thinking about me </p><p><br/></p><p>Infact the whole day you are missing me</p><p><br/></p><p>And </p><p><br/></p><p>How do I know?</p><p><br/></p><p>You beep call me everytime you wake.</p><p><br/></p><p>I saw the missed calls,</p><p>5am exactly for five days.</p><p>And your brain needs an ID.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let's leave that aside</p><p><br/></p><p>10 am,</p><p><br/></p><p>You call my gate man every single day to know if I left early or not. And You don't say what time did she leave, you will say </p><p>Did she take lunch with her?</p><p>I want to send her food or </p><p>any other day , </p><p>You use flowers to cover up.</p><p><br/></p><p>And that my loud mouth gate man will not fail to deliver.</p><p>( Madam dey rush for morning,how she go carry food)</p><p><br/></p><p>Now,</p><p><br/></p><p>So every single time I leave early </p><p><br/></p><p>You call me around 12pm</p><p> because you know by then,</p><p> I'll be free to go and take a walk.</p><p>So we have time to talk.</p><p><br/></p><p>If I leave late,</p><p><br/></p><p>You call around 4pm on the dot to ask how the traffic was,</p><p>For me to talk about what made me leave home late in the morning.</p><p><br/></p><p>When you don't want to seem predictable, you call at random times,a beep call (aka flash),</p><p><br/></p><p>So you won't intrude.</p><p><br/></p><p>And </p><p>Your brain needs an ID.</p><p><br/></p><p>Emmanuel,</p><p><br/></p><p>It's not today we started a relationship.</p><p><br/></p><p>Even after this break up,</p><p><br/></p><p>You will call to say</p><p><br/></p><p>Hmm, I thought to ask you if you have eaten?</p><p><br/></p><p>Or </p><p><br/></p><p>How is your day going?</p><p><br/></p><p>Short calls,</p><p><br/></p><p>Saturday, Sunday,Monday, Tuesday and on the fifth day you said.</p><p><br/></p><p>"The call was a mistake" </p><p><br/></p><p>Hmm,</p><p><br/></p><p>Was it?</p><p><br/></p><p>4pm,</p><p><br/></p><p>I was late for work preparing a presentation,came back home by 9pm,</p><p><br/></p><p>2 missed calls,</p><p>One at 4 </p><p><br/></p><p>Another at 11</p><p><br/></p><p>When we usually have our FaceTime,</p><p><br/></p><p>Hmm...</p><p><br/></p><p>Can you trust me?</p><p><br/></p><p>Not such if I phrased this question well,</p><p><br/></p><p>Can Emmanuel trust Trust?</p><p><br/></p><p>That's a question only Emmanuel can answer.</p><p><br/></p><p>I love you,</p><p><br/></p><p>And </p><p><br/></p><p>I'm ready to work on us.</p><p><br/></p><p>But are you willing to be vulnerable enough to show that you care?</p><p><br/></p><p>The ball is in your court.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Trust issues.</p><p><br/></p><p>God damn it,</p><p><br/></p><p>I should be the one not trusting you, my gate man and the system I never knew that existed.</p><p><br/></p><p>My gate man especially.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>But</p><p><br/></p><p>I trust you,</p><p>I don't know why,</p><p>I just trust you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not blindly.</p><p>I trust you.</p><p><br/></p><p>And </p><p><br/></p><p>About </p><p><br/></p><p>Us.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let's take our time.</p><p><br/></p><p>Do you want us to work? </p><p><br/></p><p>Or</p><p><br/></p><p>Are you just making excuses to be a part of my schedule?</p><p><br/></p><p>Not sure.</p><p><br/></p><p>But I trust you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Take care.</p><p><br/></p><p>I love you 🤍</p><p><br/></p><p>But I want to say, </p><p><br/></p><p>This chill in my tummy gives me that feeling I get</p><p><br/></p><p>When I eat sundae on Sunday</p><p><br/></p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000333076.jpg"/></p><p><br/></p><p>I miss us ❤️</p>

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