Letters and Stamps

when I was young

I use to laugh at the older people

who would start

a  conversation off

by saying

.

I remember way back when

or

when I was younger

.

Blah, Blah, Blah

.

now though

I am missing things

from the past

.

like those times

I would run to the mail box

in hopes of receiving

a hand written letter

.

that was neatly folded

in an envelope

which  was sprayed

 with her perfume

and sealed with a kiss

from her red painted lips

.

sometimes she put

 bows and little ribbons

on the envelope

to give it color

just for me

.

those personal touches

that email just can’t

seem to duplicate

.

I remember lying

 on my back

in the front yard

.

sniffing the envelope

for a long time

before opening it

.

then I would read her words

written in her curvy sexy

style of writing

.

I remember

writing her back

making sure

 each word

could be read

.

I used the dictionary

to come up with new words

so I sounded smart

and intelligent to her

.

she was an A+ student

and well out of league

but when we wrote

we were on equal ground

.

each running

to our mail boxes

to see if

 the other’s letter

had arrived

.

yeah..

.

I miss those days

of writing real letters

with real meaning

and personality

Reviews

[Barbara Walker]

This feels so wistful, you convey that well. Your descriptions are excellent and I agree with you. A letter received in the mail is such a special gift. I know I save it for last, to sit in quiet solitude and read those little golden gifts of words. That some one would take that time for me, to put pen to paper to tell me of their day, their joys and even their sorrows. Sharing with me in a way that no other medium can convey.
Thanks for causing me to take time to reflect. Barbara

[Brit]

I really liked this poem. It's very true and meaningfull. I could imagine a little boy laying in his front yard just looking at the letter. Very touching and very cute.
Over all it's brilliant!
Brit.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Letters written by hand are beautiful keepsakes. Good job. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[Brette Medb]

I loved this! It's so true no one writes anything anymore. I'm the only one out of everyone I know who can't write a damn thing on the computer. I write every paper, essay, poem, story, whatever in long hand first them copy it down on a computer. There is something magical and unique about handwriting. It's your own personal stamp on the world. Getting anything in the mail used to be the coolest thing, too bad it's not anymore. People should start that up again. Great write,


Brette

[Charisma Moonfairy]

It's so true that we have lost so much touch that we cannot even take time out of our busy schedules to hand write a letter. I miss those days more than ever these days because there is no one for me to write to in such a manner except for the handwritten letters that I leave on the computer table for my beloved to read when one of us is away. -Sigh-

Great read and write

[jen]

how very true mister flow... I actually like as the passage legion mentioned below as "world"... letters/mail are a way of peeping into someone's world to the extent the allow or wish it.... I still dream about getting mail in my mail box from when I was stationed over seas... it was such a connection my other world at home....

loved this :)

[Legion]

Yea, me too. Things have become so impersonal in this time. No intimacy. No real passion. Great write. One thing (and I'm not sure if you meant it this way or if it is a typo):

"each world
could be read"

Did you mean "world" or "word"?