Excerpts From the Letters I Never Wrote to You

“

To whom it may concern,

I miss you.

[...]

My heels

stand dormant

in a far corner of Narnia

and I lie

sweatpanted,

replaying memories

of yesterday

like home movies.

[...]

but

you’ve become a whom,

who may or may not be concerned

with the contents of this letter.

...

”

---

“

To whom it may concern,

[...]

I saw stars,

galaxies,

among them, you

carried by your own magnificence.

I reached for you

but it was over.

[...]

and all I wanted

was to see you again.

...

”

---

“

To whom it may concern,

I still have your sweatshirt.

I keep it under my bed

and smell it on occasion,

looking for the high

your laugh used to give me.

[...]

and if you were to text

I would plug the phone

into my vein,

try to feed the habit

I can’t seem to kick.

...

”

---

“

To whom it may concern,

The sunrise reminds me of you

maybe because I can’t sleep,

without dreams of you

infecting my brain.

[...]

So I sit

watching the world wake up.

The sky brightens to a blue

identical to your eyes.

[...]

and I long to escape

to an earth

more beautiful than you

Regards,

Your (Ex) Gummie Bear

”

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Reviews

[HarleyCola]

You have given a certain beauty to such a sad subject, I cant help but smile even in the sadness.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Interesting letter form of an idea.

"and I long to escape
to an earth
more beautiful than you"

My favorite verse, but all four letters had me wishing it wasn't such a lost art these days.

[Zoya]

Wow. I felt that. It's hard to put so much of emotions in such short writes, but you do that with style here, making each of those letters unique.

[Davidgeo]

Clever. If break up letters were for sale at wal mart it would read something just like that I thinks. That mighta sounded bad but it really was a compliment.

For realsies... well done.

[Coyote Poetry]

I do like each letter. You made them interesting and fun to read. I miss the days of letters. A letter is nice. Can hold and keep forever. Thank you for sharing your amazing thoughts and the letters.
Coyote