Hear

I heard you call
from the other room 
just as I sipped 
it’s a habit you 
have of calling me 
just as I sip
or chew or eat
causing me to delay
and you to call 
again thinking that I 
don’t didn’t hear you 
honey I always hear 
you I never don’t 
ever hear you because 
I listen for you 
like a child holding 
up a sea shell 
knowing that he will 
hear sounds of sea