A Letter Unwritten

The lines stand blank

Untouched by mans hand

Thoughts succumb to the pen

In a hand that does not move

A movie plays in a head, of old memories

Reeled in by a fishing pole of strength

Snapped lines let it go free

Eyes stare at the blue lines on the white paper, 

Numbness hits the skull 

the once ready hand with the pen, sits it down

Walking away, as the sun hits the empty paper 

The letter to a lover never touched, Pain and pleasure never told

Secrets kept in a box, a wall surrounding it

The lines of the paper still stand,

Empty letters sit on a desk, pen with ink dries out

A letter was never written to a lover that never exsisted

Reviews

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is totally hits home. its a little scary because i can relate to it so much. the line "pain and pleasure never told" alone with the ending line made me kind of think... "its better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all".
i think it is often easier to deal with it if you have actually experienced pleasure even if pain followed. curiousity of the unknown would be worse, being alone.

[Blake Q Hatfield]

Great write! It's interesting how thoughts can turn to fear when we try to express them. When they are written or spoken, they have a permanence to them. Sometimes our greatest desire is trumped by that fear of the unknown.

[rash]

the last letter of our revolution was h. uppercase like a gene. not to be mean. the acquisition fugitive.

[Tate Morgan]

Oh I think I understand this is regret for the way things could have been But without the letter one will never know introspection is a healthy light on the soul

[Dream Weaver]

Something about the title that will always draw or command attention.
Written with great hindsight and the ending says it all...Nicely done!

[YouoweYoupay]

How creative. Nicely written keep it up. !!

[JanieB]

Quite different. I like it.

[zig]

i like this, the perspective in particular, the use of synecdoche, the hand, the head, the skull. veiwed from the individual parts, a better picture of the whole emerges. it has good tone, amplifies the feeling of emptiness. very clever, very well done.

zig

[cfix]

This is so emotional and so well expressed.
I like this, exceptional piece of writing.

[Ted Lambert]

Your best work.

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Amazing poem- although I feel there should be another line to the first stanza. Just my thoughts though. Great job~