Love Letter

In a group today the prompt given was: A letter arrives at the wrong address. For poets, explore the emotional weight or curiosity stirred by the letter, using imagery, fragments or repetition to capture the atmosphere of mystery, longing or mistaken intimacy.

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A letter arrived today.

I was so excited

I don't often get letters

especially ones that start

out this way.

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It started with

"My beautiful darling,

I miss you so much more

than I ever feared,

your smile

your eyes and the

way you tuck your

hair behind your ears.

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The love in this poem

was so far from what

I hear as a norm.

It continued on in

it's type written form.

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I miss you more than

words can say and

proceeded to tell me

about their walk in

the park on a wintry day.

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The writer described the

children playing as if

they were describing their

very own child, the swings

newly painted, the birds

soaring in for bread, the

snowball fights and

the snow falling with all

it's might.

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The writer then recalled a

time of love on a balcony

drinks and kisses, suddenly

this all seemed familiar to

me but how could that be this

letter was from a stranger to

me, but still very strangely

reminiscent as well, I

read on more and my heart

began to swell, for this

wasn't a letter to me from

some unknown love, I turned

the letter over and suddenly

felt very sober.

-=-

It was stamped with return

to sender alas the rest of

the type was torn away

but it became clear to me

this unopened letter had

been sent to her from me.

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As it was unopened, I knew

she'd never read it. My heart

wished I had never received it

back, the love I had just finally

gotten over, fully restored my

heartbreak intact..

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Thanks for reading! - Sam